Geochemical characteristics of the youngest volcano (Mount Ross) in the Kerguelen Archipelago: inferences for magma flux, lithosphere assimilation and composition of the Kerguelen plume

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 973-994

  Weis, D ^a   Frey, F A ^b   Giret, A ^c   Cantagrel, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; TRACHYANDESITE; TRACHYTE; VOLCANO;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 0031668482     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.5.973     Document Type: Article

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