Sr isotope disequilibrium in Columbia River flood basalts: Evidence for rapid shallow-level open-systems processes

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 457-460

  Ramos, Frank C ^a   Wolff, John A ^b   Tollstrup, Darren L ^c  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood basalts; Laser ablation; Magma chambers; Residence times; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY; MAGMAS; MAGMATIC TEMPERATURES; MANTLE;

DIFFUSION; EARTH SCIENCES; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; ROCKS; STRONTIUM; VOLCANOES;

BASALT;

FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; RESIDENCE TIME; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444482035     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21512.1     Document Type: Article

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