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Flood basalts and fissure eruption

  • Notes, Mémoires et Rapports de Volcanologie
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Tyrell, G.W. Flood basalts and fissure eruption. Bull Volcanol 1, 89–111 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03028044

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