Long magma residence times at an island arc volcano (Soufriere, St. Vincent) in the Lesser Antilles: evidence from 238U-230Th isochron dating

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 49-63

  Heath, E ^a   Turner, S P ^b   Macdonald, R ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^b   Van Calsteren, P ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; RESIDENCE TIME; URANIUM-THORIUM DATING; VOLCANIC;

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SOUFRIERE;

EID: 0031727438     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00084-3     Document Type: Article

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