Major, trace element, and isotopic compositions of Vietnamese basalts: Interaction of hydrous EM1-rich asthenosphere with thinned Eurasian lithosphere

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4329-4351

  Nguyen, Hoang ^a   Flower, Martin F J ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

VIETNAM;

EID: 0030427224     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00247-5     Document Type: Article

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