Glacioisostacy controls chemical and isotopic characteristics of tholeiites from the Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Gee, M A Mary ^a   Taylor, R N ^b   Thirlwall, M F ^a   Murton, B J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalts; Iceland; Isostasy; Isotopes

Indexed keywords

GLACIOEUSTACY; QUATERNARY; SOURCE ROCK; THOLEIITE; VOLCANISM;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032535830     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00246-5     Document Type: Article

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