Geochronology and genesis of subalkaline basaltic lava rivers at the Dzhavakheti highland, lesser Caucasus: K-Ar and Sr-Nd isotopic data

Geochemistry International

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-225

  Lebedev, V A ^a   Bubnov, S N ^a   Chernyshev, I V ^a   Chugaev, A V ^a   Dudauri, O Z ^b   Vashakidze, G T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; LAVA FLOWS; PETROGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUBALKALINE BASALTIC LAVA RIVERS;

PETROLOGY;

ALKALI BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA FLOW; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGENESIS; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CAUCASUS; DZHAVAKHETI HIGHLAND; EURASIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); WEST ASIA;

EID: 34147150704     PISSN: 00167029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0016702907030019     Document Type: Article

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