Intraplate continental basalts over the past billion years track cooling of the mantle and the onset of modern plate tectonics
Qian Chen, He Liu, Tim Johnson, Michael Hartnady, Christopher L. Kirkland, Yongjun Lu, Weidong Sun
Topics & Concepts
GeologyMantle (geology)LithosphereSubductionHotspot (geology)Mantle convectionPlate tectonicsEarth's internal heat budgetMantle wedgeArcheanGeochemistryTectonicsGeophysicsEarth sciencePaleontologyGeological and Geochemical AnalysisHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsearthquake and tectonic studies