A comparison of Eastern North America and Coastal New England magma suites: Implications for subcontinental mantle evolution and the broad-terrane hypothesis

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1571-1587

  Dorais, Michael J ^a   Harper, Matthew ^a   Larson, Susan ^a   Nugroho, Hendro ^a   Richardson, Paul ^a   Roosmawati, Nova ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BASALT; LEVEES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FEEDER DYKES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIFT MAGMAS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

DIABASE; DIKE SWARM; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32344446703     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-056     Document Type: Article

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