Long-distance transport of magmas in the Jurassic Ferrar Large Igneous Province, Antarctica

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-104

  Elliot, David H ^a   Fleming, Thomas H ^a   Kyle, Philip R ^b   Foland, Kenneth A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrar Group; Flood basalts; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Magmatic differentiation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION; FLOOD BASALT; JURASSIC; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033616873     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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