Deep mantle plume osmium isotope signature from West Greenland Tertiary picrites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 105-118

  Schaefer, Bruce F ^a   Parkinson, Ian J ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; Icelandic plume; Isotope ratios; Magma contamination; Re Os; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; OSMIUM; PICRITE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034731859     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00290-3     Document Type: Article

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