Origin of the continental crust in the Colorado Plateau: Geochemical evidence from mafic xenoliths from the Navajo Volcanic Field, southwestern USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2007-2021

  Mattie, Patrick D ^a   Condie, Kent C ^a   Selverstone, Jane ^b   Kyle, Philip R ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL FORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; XENOLITH;

USA, COLORADO PLATEAU, NAVAJO VOLCANIC FIELD;

EID: 0030665221     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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