Basalt and sediment geochemistry and magma petrogenesis in a transect from oceanic island arc to rifted continental margin arc: The Kermadec-Hikurangi Margin, SW Pacific

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1523-1546

  Gamble, John ^a   Woodhead, Jon ^b,e   Wright, Ian ^c   Smith, Ian ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sediments; Sr , Nd , Pb isotopes; Subduction zone basalts; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASALTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; PETROGENESIS; SEDIMENT; STRONTIUM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

PACIFIC, KERMADEC-HIKURANGI MARGIN, HIKURANGI MARGIN;

EID: 0030438513     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.6.1523     Document Type: Article

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