Basalts from the Central Pacific Basin: Evidence for the origin of Cretaceous igneous complexes in the Jurassic western Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 2875-2893

  Janney, Philip E ^a   Castillo, Paterno R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASLATS; CRETACEOUS; CRETACEOUS IGNEOUS COMPLEXES; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PETROGENESIS; SPREADING CENTERS;

PACIFIC; PACIFIC, CENTRAL PACIFIC BASIN;

EID: 0029749206     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb03119     Document Type: Article

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