Sentences with phrase «magmatic events recorded»

Here we combine new and published geochronological data for tectonic - magmatic events recorded along the Greenland continental rifted margin to test the hypothesis that the origin of the main Cenozoic hyperthermals, including the PETM, is rooted in plate tectonic, metamorphic and volcanic processes in the North Atlantic region.

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Tectonic - magmatic (rift to drift) events on both the West and East Greenland margins are recorded by Paleocene and Early Eocene flood basalts, regional dike swarms, central intrusions and sill complexes in Paleozoic - Mesozoic rift basins that have been exposed by Tertiary uplift.