Geochemical evolution of intraplate volcanism at Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Interaction between asthenospheric and lithospheric melts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 989-1023

  Timm, Christian ^a   Hoernle, Kaj ^a   van den Bogaard, Paul ^a   Bindeman, Ilya ^b   Weaver, Steve ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Intraplate volcanism; Lithospheric detachment delamination; Major and trace element and Sr Nd Pb Hf O isotope geochemistry; Peridotite and pyroxenite melting

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ASTHENOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; DELAMINATION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MELTING; MIOCENE; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; SHIELD VOLCANO; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALASIA; BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 67651095651     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp029     Document Type: Article

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