Age and geochemistry of basement and Alkalic rocks of Malaita and Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands, Southern Margin of Ontong Java Plateau

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 361-394

  Tejada, M L G ^a   Mahoney, J J ^a   Duncan, R A ^b   Hawkins, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age and petrogenesis; Oceanic plateaux; Ontong Java Plateau; Solomon Islands; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEANIC PLATEAU; PETROGENESIS;

PACIFIC, ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; SOLOMON ISLANDS, MALAITA; SOLOMON ISLANDS, SANTA ISABEL;

EID: 0029774151     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.2.361     Document Type: Article

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