Petrogenesis of the Bunbury Basalt, Western Australia: Interaction between the Kerguelen plume and Gondwana lithosphere?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 163-183

  Frey, Frederick A ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^b   Nelson, David R ^c   DeLaeter, John R ^d   Duncan, Robert A ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basaltic composition; Geochemistry; Kerguelen Plateau; Mantle plumes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BUNBURY BASALT; CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030432534     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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