Origin of Cretaceous continental tholeiites in southwestern Australia and eastern India: Insights from Hf and Os isotopes

Chemical Geology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 83-106

  Ingle, S ^a   Scoates, J S ^b   Weis, D ^b   Brugmann G ^c   Kent, R W ^d  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bunbury basalts; Continental tholeiites; Cretaceous basaltic volcanism; Hf isotopes; Kerguelen plume; Os isotopes; Rajmahal Traps

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OSMIUM; THOLEIITE;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 3242706640     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.04.023     Document Type: Article

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