Geological Magazine; September 2007; v. 144; no. 5;
p. 889; DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003111
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COMIN-CHIARAMONTI, P. & GOMES, C. B. (eds) 2005. Mesozoic to Cenozoic Alkaline Magmatism in the Brazilian Platform.
750 pp. São Paulo: Editora da Universidade São Paulo. Price US $60.00 (hard covers). ISBN 85 314 0903 9.
Brian Bell
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This volume presents a wealth of data on the somewhat exotic alkaline and carbonatitic igneous rocks in and around the Brazilian Platform that developed prior to, during, and after the break-up of the supercontinent of Gondwanaland. These rocks are part of the Parana–Angola–Etendeka Igneous Province. The magmatism was widely dispersed, long-lived and, apparently, pulsed, lasting from the Permo-Triassic through to the Palaeocene (250–50 Ma). Links between these rocks and the important Paraná and Etendeka flood basalt sequences . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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