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On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup
Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1999 · Vol. 166(3-4) · pp. 177–195
Vincent Courtillot✉(Université Paris Cité)Claude Jaupart(Institut de physique du globe de Paris)Isabelle Manighetti(Université Paris Cité)P. Tapponnier(Institut de physique du globe de Paris)Jean Besse(Institut de physique du globe de Paris)
Geological and Geochemical Analysisearthquake and tectonic studiesHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisFlood basaltGeologyRiftDeccan TrapsBasaltContinental marginContinental crustRift zoneMantle plumeOceanic crust
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