Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic and trace element evidence for crustal contamination of plume-derived flood basalts: Oligocene flood volcanism in western Yemen

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2559-2581

  Baker, J A ^a   Thirlwall, M F ^a   Menzies, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTAMINATION; FLOOD VOLCANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; OLIGOCENE;

YEMEN;

EID: 0030482752     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00105-6     Document Type: Article

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