Lithosphere-asthenosphere interaction and the origin of Cretaceous tholeiitic magmatism in Northeastern Brazil: Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic evidence

Lithos

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 34-49

  Hollanda, Maria Helena Bezerra Maia ^a   Pimentel, Márcio Mrtins ^b   Oliveira, Diógenes Custódio ^c   de Sá, Emanuel Ferraz Jardim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continental tholeiitic magmatism; EM and HIMU end members; Northeastern Brazil; South and Equatorial Atlantic opening

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIKE SWARM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; THOLEIITE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 28344440416     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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