Kerguelen basic and ultrabasic xenoliths: Evidence for long-lived Kerguelen hotspot activity

Lithos

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 261-280

  Mattielli, N ^a   Weis, D ^a   Gregoire M ^b   Mennessier, J P ^a   Cottin, J Y ^b   Giret, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC ROCK; EARTH MANTLE; HOT SPOT; HOT SPOTS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE PLUME; ULTRABASIC ROCK; XENOLITH; XENOLITHS;

INDIAN OCEAN, KERGUELEN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN, KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 0029770486     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4937(95)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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