Geochemistry of the early Jurassic Messejana- Plasencia dyke (Portugal-Spain): Implications on the origin of the Central Atlantic magmatic province

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 547-568

  Cebria J M ^a   Lopez Ruiz J ^a   Doblas, M ^a   Martins, L T ^b   Munha, J ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assimilation and fractional crystallization; Central atlantic magmatic province; Central atlantic plume; Continental tholeiites; Messejana Plasencia dyke

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

(CENTRAL); (SOUTH); PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0037343718     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.3.547     Document Type: Article

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