Late Devonian and Triassic basalts from the southern continental margin of the east European Platform, tracers of a single heterogeneous lithospheric mantle source

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-495

  Chalot Prat, Françoise ^a   Tikhomitov, Petr ^b   Saintot, Aline ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Geological Sumy of Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basalts; Donbas; East European Platform; Fore Caucasus; Geochemistry; Geodynamics; Geology; Late devonian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEVONIAN; EMPLACEMENT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

DONETS BASIN; EURASIA; RUSSIAN PLATFORM;

EID: 47749119215     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-007-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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