Pb isotope evidence for contributions from different Iceland mantle components to Palaeogene East Greenland flood basalts

Lithos

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 39-52

  Peate, David W ^a   Stecher, Ole ^a  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Flood basalts; Iceland plume; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; PALEOGENE; PLUME;

(EAST); GREENLAND;

EID: 0037368974     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00250-5     Document Type: Article

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