U-Pb ages, Pb-Os isotope ratios, and platinum-group element (PGE) composition of the west-central Madagascar flood basalt province

Journal of Geology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-541

  Cucciniello, Ciro ^a   Langone, Antonio ^a   Melluso, Leone ^a   Morra, Vincenzo ^a,b   Mahoney, John J ^a,c   Meisel, Thomas ^a,d   Tiepolo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DACITE; DECCAN TRAPS; EMPLACEMENT; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAVA FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RHYOLITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

MADAGASCAR;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 77956018363     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655012     Document Type: Article

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