Temporal and spatial variability in the composition of lavas exposed along the Western Blanco transform fault

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Pollock, Meagen A ^a   Klein, Emily M ^a   Karson, Jeffrey A ^a   Tivey, Maurice A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Isochron; MORB

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049009588     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001026     Document Type: Article

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