A BRIEF OLIGOCENE PERIOD OF FLOOD VOLCANISM IN YEMEN: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DURATION AND RATE OF CONTINENTAL FLOOD VOLCANISM AT THE AFRO-ARABIAN TRIPLE JUNCTION

J Baker, L Snee, M Menzies

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-55
Number of pages17
JournalEarth and Planetary Science Letters
Volume138
Issue number1-4
Publication statusPublished - Feb 1996

Keywords

  • Yemen
  • Ethiopia
  • triple junctions
  • flood basalts
  • K/Ar
  • Ar-40/Ar-39
  • Oligocene
  • CRETACEOUS TERTIARY BOUNDARY
  • THOLEIITIC MAGMATISM
  • TRIASSIC BOUNDARY
  • ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU
  • BASALT PROVINCE
  • RAPID ERUPTION
  • SIBERIAN TRAPS
  • MANTLE SOURCES
  • AGE
  • RIFT

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