Volcanic production rates: comparison of oceanic ridges, islands, and the columbia plateau basalts.
作者： A. K. Baksi , N. D. Watkins
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.180.4085.493
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摘要: New potassium-argon age data from the Columbia Plateau suggest a basalt production rate of 108 cubic meters per year during middle Miocene volcanic episode. This is two to three times in some oceanic islands, and about four six spreading mid-oceanic ridge systems.
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