Petrogenesis of picrites from the Caribbean Plateau and the North Atlantic magmatic province

Lithos

Volumn 49, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Revillon S ^a   Arndt, N T ^a   Hallot, E ^a   Kerr, A C ^b   Tarney, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Caribbean plateau; Geochemistry; Magma composition; North Atlantic Igneous Province; Picrite

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342470606     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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