Stratigraphy and petrogenesis of the Parana continental flood basalts, southern Brazil
The Early Cretaceous (~130 Ma) Paraná lavas of South America represent the largest preserved example of a continental flood basalt (CFB) province, with a present area in excess of 1.2 x 10 6 km 2 . Magmatism is dominated by tholeiitic basalts (> 90 %), with minor rhyolites as a late-stage feature...
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The Open University
1990
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.0000dfc2 http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/57282 |