THE ROLE OF MANTLE PLUMES IN CONTINENTAL BREAKUP - CASE-HISTORIES FROM GONDWANALAND

被引：525

作者：

STOREY, BC

机构：

[1] British Antarctic Survey, CA, CB3 OET, High Cross, Madingley Road

来源：

NATURE | 1995年 / 377卷 / 6547期

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D O I：

10.1038/377301a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

After thirty years of plate-tectonic theory, the reasons why supercontinents disintegrate and disperse to form smaller continental plates remain enigmatic. possible causes range from abnormally hot mantle upwellings, or plumes, to changes in plate-boundary driving forces. The breakup of the Gondwanaland supercontinent, which started about 180 million years ago, provides an excellent case history against which to test models.

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页码：301 / 308

页数：8

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