Mantle plumes, flood basalts, and thermal models for melt generation beneath continents: Assessment of a conductive heating model and application to the Paraná
- 10 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 101 (B5), 11503-11518
- https://doi.org/10.1029/96jb00430
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