Source of the quaternary alkalic basalts, picrites and basanites of the Potrillo Volcanic Field, New Mexico, USA: Lithosphere or convecting mantle?

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1603-1643

  Thompson, R N ^a   Ottley, C J ^a   Smith, P M ^b   Pearson, D G ^a   Dickin, A P ^c   Morrison, M A ^d   Leat, P T ^e   Gibson, S A ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d British Antarctic Survey ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Petrogenetic modelling; Picrites; Sr Nd Os isotopes; Thermal boundary layer; Western USA

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; BASANITE; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE; QUATERNARY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21444456406     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi028     Document Type: Review

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