Sr-Nd-Pb-H-O isotope and geochemical constraints on the genesis of cenozoic magmas from the West Antarctic Rift

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1359-1375

  Nardini, Isabella ^a,b   Armienti, Pietro ^a   Rocchi, Sergio ^a   Dallai, Luigi ^b   Harrison, Darrell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Geochemistry; Lithospheric mantle; Metasomatism; Sr Nd Pb He O isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HELIUM ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 67949111249     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn082     Document Type: Article

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