Implications of187Os isotopic heterogeneities in a mantle plume: Evidence from Gorgona Island and Curaçao

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 713-728

  Walker, Richard J ^a   Storey, Michael ^a,b   Kerr, Andrew C ^c   Tarney, John ^d   Arndt, Nicholas T ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; OSMIUM; VOLCANISM;

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032822083     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(99)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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