Uranium-series disequilibria in mid-ocean ridge basalts: Observations and models of basalt genesis

Uranium-series Geochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue , 2003, Pages 175-214

  Lundstrom, Craig C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; URANIUM-SERIES DISEQUILIBRIUM;

BASALT;

EID: 77954392022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2113/0520175     Document Type: Chapter

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