Os isotopes and the origin of the Tasmanian dolerites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 905-918

  Brauns, C M ^b   Hergt, J M ^c   Woodhead, J D ^c   Maas, R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Continental flood basalts; Ferrar province; Os isotopes; Subcontinental lithosphere; Tasmanian dolerites

Indexed keywords

DOLERITE; FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; OSMIUM; PETROGENESIS;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 0034235622     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.7.905     Document Type: Article

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