Petrogenesis of high Ba-Sr plutons from the Northern Highlands Terrane of the British Caledonian Province

Lithos

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 129-148

  Fowler, M B ^a   Kocks, H ^b   Darbyshire, D P F ^c   Greenwood, P B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory Keyworth ^*  (Germany)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; High Ba Sr granite; Mantle enrichment; Slab breakoff; Subducted carbonate; Syenite

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARENT MATERIAL; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLUTON; STRONTIUM; SYENITE; UNDERPLATING;

CALEDONIDES; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 51649106710     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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