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The importance of rift history for volcanic margin formation

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  • John J. Armitage

    (Imperial College London)

  • Jenny S. Collier

    (Imperial College London)

  • Tim A. Minshull

    (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, University of Southampton)

Abstract

Rift history on the volcanic margins Continental break-up is accompanied by highly variable amounts of magmatism. At some margins massive outpouring of igneous material occurs, whilst at others there is almost none. John Armitage and colleagues apply a numerical model that explicitly accounts for the effects of earlier episodes of extension to compare magmatism generated during continental rifting. They find that the volume of rift-related magmatism generated, both in the northwest Indian Ocean and North Atlantic margins, depends not only on the mantle temperature but also, to a similar degree, on the rift history. The inherited extensional history can either suppress or enhance melt generation, and this dependence explains some previously enigmatic observations.

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  • John J. Armitage & Jenny S. Collier & Tim A. Minshull, 2010. "The importance of rift history for volcanic margin formation," Nature, Nature, vol. 465(7300), pages 913-917, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:465:y:2010:i:7300:d:10.1038_nature09063
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09063
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