Combined U-Pb dating and Sm-Nd studies on lower crustal and mantle xenoliths from the Delegate basaltic pipes, southeastern Australia

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-161

  Chen, Y D ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Griffin, W L ^b,c   Krogh, T E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b GEMOC National Key Centre   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; MANTLE; SAMARIUM/NEODYNIUM DATING; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031783063     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050356     Document Type: Article

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