Flood basalts from Mt. Capitole in the central Kerguelen Archipelago: Insights into the growth of the archipelago and source components contributing to plume-related volcanism

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Xu, Guangping ^a   Frey, Frederick A ^a   Weis, Dominique ^b   Scoates, James S ^b   Giret, André ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Hf; Kerguelen archipelago; Kerguelen mantle plume; Lower continental crust; Mt. Capitole; Nd; Pb isotopic ratios; Sr

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149473810     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001608     Document Type: Article

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