U-series isotope and geodynamic constraints on mantle melting processes beneath the Newer Volcanic Province in South Australia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 517-533

  Demidjuk, Zoe ^a   Turner, Simon ^a   Sandiford, Mike ^b   George, Rhiannon ^a   Foden, John ^c   Etheridge, Mike ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

alkali basalt; edge driven convection; geochemistry; intraplate magmatism; South Australia; U Th isotopes

Indexed keywords

EDGE-DRIVEN CONVECTION; GEODYNAMIC; INTRAPLATE MAGMATISM; LITHOSPHERE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

TECTONICS;

BASALT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; DISEQUILIBRIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PROCESS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT GAMBIER; MOUNT SCHANK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548498393     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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