Is the Cretaceous primitive island arc series in the circum-Caribbean region geochemically analogous to the modern island arc tholeiite series?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 328, Issue , 2009, Pages 399-409

  Hastie, Alan R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 75249106101     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP328.16     Document Type: Article

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