Oxygen isotopic fluxes associated with high-temperature processes in the rift zones of Iceland

Chemical Geology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 275-286

  Gautason, Bjarni ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUX; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OCEANIC CRUST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RIFT ZONE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032522058     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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