Strontium isotopic and trace element heterogeneity in the plains basalts of the Newer Volcanic Province, Victoria, Australia

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-192

  Price, R C ^b   Gray, C M ^b   Frey, F A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HETEROGENEITY; MAGMA SOURCE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, NEWER VOLCANIC PROVINCE;

EID: 0030790685     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00318-3     Document Type: Article

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