Late Cretaceous alkaline sills of the south Tethyan suture zone, Pakistan: Initial melts of the Réunion hotspot?

Lithos

Volumn 117, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 161-171

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a   Khan, Mehrab ^b   Mahoney, John J ^c   Nicholson, Kirsten Ngaire ^d   Hall, Chris M ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ar Ar ages; Deccan Traps; Metasomatism; Nd Pb Sr isotopes; R union hotspot; Tethys; Ultramafic lamprophyre

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; DECCAN TRAPS; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAMPROPHYRE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILL; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS;

INDIA; MASCARENE ISLANDS; PAKISTAN; REUNION;

EID: 77952675152     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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