Linking the Wrangellia flood basalts to the Galápagos hotspot
Abstract The Triassic volcanic rocks of Wrangellia erupted at an equatorial to tropical latitude that was within 3000 km of western North America. The mafic and ultramafic volcanic rocks are compositionally and isotopically similar to those of oceanic plateaux that were generated from a Pacific mant...
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| Main Authors: | J. Gregory Shellnutt, Jaroslav Dostal, Tung-Yi Lee |
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/db4d5fe6114c4694a7bf71f4af3fc711 |
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