Geochemistry of Late Cenozoic basalts from the Crary Mountains: Characterization of mantle sources in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Chemical Geology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 215-241

  Panter, Kurt S ^a   Hart, Stanley R ^b   Kyle, Philip ^c   Blusztanjn, Jerzy ^b   Wilch, Thom ^d  

^a WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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

^d ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Marie Byrd Land; Metasomatism; Plumes; Trace elements; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CENOZOIC; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; METASOMATISM;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034709023     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00171-0     Document Type: Article

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