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On causal links between flood basalts and continental breakup

Vincent Courtillot, Claude Jaupart, Isabelle Manighetti, P. Tapponnier, Jean Besse

Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1999 · 765 citations · 52 references

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Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts

R. S. White, Dan McKenzie · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 3K citations

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Convection Plumes in the Lower Mantle

W. Jason Morgan · Nature · 1971 · 2.5K citations

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Flood Basalts and Hot-Spot Tracks: Plume Heads and Tails

Mark A. Richards, Robert A. Duncan, Vincent Courtillot · Science · 1989 · 1.3K citations

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Implications of mantle plume structure for the evolution of flood basalts

I. H. Campbell, R. W. Griffiths · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1990 · 1.2K citations

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Timing of the Ethiopian flood basalt event and implications for plume birth and global change

C. Hofmann, Vincent Courtillot, Gilbert Féraud et al. · Nature · 1997 · 698 citations

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