Petrogenesis of Basanitic to Tholeiitic volcanic rocks from the Miocene Vogelsberg, Central Germany

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 569-602

  Bogaard, P J F ^a   Worner G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; Mantle sources; Sr, Nd and Pb isotopes; Temporal evolution of magmas and sources; Trace elements; Vogelsberg

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE SOURCE; MIOCENE; PETROGENESIS; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

GERMANY; HESSE; VOGELSBERG;

EID: 0037343662     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.3.569     Document Type: Article

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