New constraints on the petrogenesis of the Nuanetsi picrite basalts from Pb and Hf isotope data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 153-161

  Ellam, R M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

continental flood basalts; Hf isotopes; isotope geochemistry; Karoo province; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; HYPERBOLIC MIXING CURVES; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; NUANETSI PICRITE BASALTS;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

LITHOLOGY;

FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; LEAD ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33646048008     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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