Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopic compositions of late Cenozoic alkali basalts in South Korea: Evidence for mixing between the two dominant asthenospheric mantle domains beneath East Asia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 134-151

  Choi, Sung Hi ^a   Mukasa, Samuel B ^a   Kwon, Sung Tack ^b   Andronikov, Alexandre V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere; East Asia; Late Cenozoic basalt; South Korea; Sr Nd Pb Hf isotope

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33746782133     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

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