(231Pa/235U)-(230Th/238U) of young mafic volcanic rocks from Nicaragua and Costa Rica and the influence of flux melting on U- series systematics of arc lavas

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4287-4309

  Thomas, Rebecca ^a   Hirschmann M M , Marc M ^a   Cheng, Hai ^a   Reagan, Mark K ^b   Lawrence Edwards, R ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MAFIC ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTACTINIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

COSTA RICA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 0037115308     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)00993-6     Document Type: Article

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