Cretaceous seamounts along the continent-ocean transition of the Iberian margin: U-Pb ages and Pb-Sr-Hf isotopes

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4950-4976

  Merle, Renaud ^a,b   Schärer, Urs ^a   Girardeau, Jacques ^b   Cornen, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HAFNIUM; LEAD ISOTOPE; SEAMOUNT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TITANITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 33748685610     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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