The val gabbro plutonic suite: A sub-volcanic intrusion emplaced at the end of flood basalt volcanism on the Kerguelen Archipelago

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-105

  Scoates, James S ^a   Weis, Dominique ^a   Franssens, Matthias ^b   Mattielli, Nadine ^b   Annell, Heidi ^a,c   Frey, Frederick A ^d   Nicolaysen, Kirsten ^e   Giret, Andre ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Anglo American Explr Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Gabbros; Kerguelen Archipelago; Oceanic island; Sr Nd Hf Pb isotopes; Sub volcanic intrusion; Val gabbro plutonic suite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; GABBRO; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

TRACHYTES;

EID: 37449005516     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm071     Document Type: Article

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