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Ordovician volcanoes in Britain and Ireland
Author(s) -
STILLMAN C.J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1986.tb01016.x
Subject(s) - ordovician , geology , volcanism , volcano , plate tectonics , tectonics , paleontology , seismology , earth science
The intense volcanic activity of Ordovician times can be explained in terms of the type of plate‐tectonic processes occurring today. Whenever plate tectonics is vigorous, so is volcanism.