Recent alkaline basalts as probes of the lithospheric mantle roots of the northern Canadian Cordillera

Chemical Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 361-386

  Abraham, Anne Claude ^a,b   Francis, Don ^a   Polvé, Mireille ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline basalts; Canadian Cordillera; Isotopic composition; Lithospheric mantle; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

CANADA;

EID: 0035023143     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00330-2     Document Type: Article

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