Chemical and isotopic composition of lavas from the northern Mariana Trough: Implications for magmagenesis in back-arc basins

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-154

  Gribble, Robert F ^a   Stern, Robert J ^a   Newman, Sally ^b   Bloomer, Sherman H ^c   O'Hearn, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc magmas; Back arc basin basalt; Isotope geochemistry; Mariana Islands; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE; LAVA; PETROGENESIS;

PACIFIC, MARIANA TROUGH;

EID: 0031972176     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.1.125     Document Type: Article

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