Melt generation beneath ocean islands: A U-Th-Ra isotope study from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 23-24, 1999, Pages 4081-4099

  Thomas, L E ^a   Hawkesworth, C J ^a   Van Calsteren, P ^a   Turner, S P ^a   Rogers, N W ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; MANTLE PROCESS; MELT; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

CANARY ISLANDS; LANZAROTE;

EID: 0033506356     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0016-7037(99)00310-5     Document Type: Article

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