Origin and evolution of magmas on the Ontong Java Plateau

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 229, Issue , 2004, Pages 151-178

  Fitton, J Godfrey ^a   Godard, Marguerite ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY;

ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4344592873     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.229.01.10     Document Type: Article

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