Modification of an oceanic plateau, Aruba, Dutch Caribbean: Implications for the generation of continental crust

Lithos

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-68

  White, R V ^a   Tarney, J ^a   Kerr, A C ^a   Saunders, A D ^a   Kempton, P D ^b   Pringle, M S ^c   Klaver, G T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basalt; Caribbean; Crustal growth; Mantle plume; Tonalite; TTG suite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000546258     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(98)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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