Os, Sr, Nd, Pb, O isotope and trace element data from the Ferrar flood basalts, Antarctica: Evidence for an enriched subcontinental lithospheric source

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 529-545

  Molzahn, M ^a,b   Reisberg, L ^c   Worner G ^b,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferrar group; Flood basalts; Geochemistry; Magma contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0030441476     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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