Constraining the components of the Kerguelen mantle plume: A Hf-Pb-Sr-Nd isotopic study of picrites and high-MgO basalts from the Kerguelen Archipelago

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Doucet, Sonia ^a   Scoates, James S ^a,b   Weis, Dominique ^a,b   Giret, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Hf Pb Sr Nd isotopes; Kerguelen archipelago; Mantle plume components; Picrites

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544445627     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000806     Document Type: Article

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