Geochemical and isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb) evidence for plume-lithosphere interactions in the genesis of Grande Comore magmas (Indian Ocean)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 281-303

  Deniel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Grande Comore volcanoes; Heterogeneities; Isotopes; LoNd; Plume lithosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0031848015     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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