Volcanism in the Vitim Volcanic Field, Siberia: Geochemical evidence for a mantle plume beneath the Baikal Rift zone

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1309-1344

  Johnson, J S ^a,b   Gibson, S A ^a   Thompson, R N ^c   Nowell, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baikal Rift; Mafic magmatism; Mantle plume; Metasomatism; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; PARTIAL MELTING; RIFT ZONE; VOLCANISM;

BAIKAL RIFT ZONE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 17844390612     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi016     Document Type: Review

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