Lithos, 2005, V 79, N 3-4, February.

Mantle Plumes: Physical Processes, Chemical Signatures, Biological Effects
Cardiff, Wales, 11-12 September 2003
Edited by A.C. Kerr, R.W. England, P.B. Wignall
Commission on Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
1.   
 Editorial Board  • EDITORIAL BOARD
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2.   
 Mantle plumes: physical processes, 
chemical signatures, biological effects  • EDITORIAL
Andrew C. Kerr, Richard W. England and Paul B. Wignall
Pages vii-x 

3.   
 Frontiers in large igneous province research  • 
Richard E. Ernst, Kenneth L. Buchan and Ian H. Campbell
Pages 271-297 

4.   
 Volcanism, impact and mass extinctions: 
incredible or credible coincidences?  • 
Rosalind V. White and Andrew D. Saunders
Pages 299-316 

5.   
 Biotic effects of late Maastrichtian mantle
plume volcanism: implications for impacts
and mass extinctions  • 
Gerta Keller
Pages 317-341 

6.   
 Pollution and paradigms: lessons from Icelandic
volcanism for continental flood basalt studies  • 
John Grattan
Pages 343-353 

7.   
 Did Paleogene North Atlantic rift-related 
eruptions drive early Eocene climate cooling?  • 
David W. Jolley and Mike Widdowson
Pages 355-366 

8.   
 Rapid formation of the Small Isles Tertiary
centre constrained by precise 40Ar/39Ar and U–Pb ages  • 
L.M. Chambers, M.S. Pringle and R.R. Parrish
Pages 367-384 

9.   
 The anatomy of Continental Flood Basalt Provinces:
geological constraints on the processes and products
of flood volcanism  • 
Dougal A. Jerram and Mike Widdowson
Pages 385-405 

10.   
 A mantle plume origin for the Siberian traps: 
uplift and extension in the West Siberian Basin, Russia  • 
Andrew D. Saunders, Richard W. England, 
Marc K. Reichow and Rosalind V. White
Pages 407-424 

11.   
 Geochemistry and petrogenesis of basalts from
the West Siberian Basin: an extension of the 
Permo–Triassic Siberian Traps, Russia  • 
Marc K. Reichow, A.D. Saunders, R.V. White,
A.I. Al'Mukhamedov and A.Ya. Medvedev
Pages 425-452 

12.   
 Rayleigh wave tomography in the North Atlantic:
high resolution images of the Iceland, Azores 
and Eifel mantle plumes  • 
Sylvana Pilidou, Keith Priestley, Eric Debayle 
and Olafur Gudmundsson
Pages 453-474 

13.   
 Emeishan large igneous province, SW China  • 
Jason R. Ali, Gary M. Thompson, Mei-Fu Zhou and Xieyan Song
Pages 475-489 

14.   
 High field strength element ratios in Archean
basalts: a window to evolving sources of mantle plumes?  • 
Kent C. Condie
Pages 491-504 

15.   
 Author index to volume 79  • 
Pages 505-506 

16.   
 Contents of volume 79  • 
Pages 507-508