Mantle heterogeneity during the formation of the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Constraints from trace element and Sr-Nd-Os-O isotope systematics of Baffin Island picrites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Kent, A J R ^a   Stolper, E M ^b   Francis, D ^c   Woodhead, J ^d   Frei, R ^e   Eiler, J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baffin Island; North Atlantic; Osmium; Oxygen; Picrite; Plume

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746115850     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000743     Document Type: Article

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