Time-scales for magmatic differentiation at the Snaefellsjökull central volcano, western Iceland: Constraints from U-Th-Pa-Ra disequilibria in post-glacial lavas

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1120-1144

  Kokfelt, Thomas Find ^a,b   Hoernle, Kaj ^a   Lundstrom, Craig ^c   Hauff, Folkmar ^a   van den Bogaard, Christel ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; POSTGLACIAL; PROTACTINIUM; RADIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58549120541     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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