Tectonic control of ocean island basalt sources on São Miguel, Azores?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Haase, Karsten ^a   Beier, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basalt; Geochemistry; Isotopes; Magma reservoir; Rift zones

Indexed keywords

BASALT; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

LAVA; MAGMA;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

BASALT; CALDERA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

AZORES; PORTUGAL; SAO MIGUEL;

EID: 0344530852     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017500     Document Type: Article

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