Isotopic (Sr, Nd, Pb, and Os) composition of highly magnesian dikes of Vestfjella, western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: A key to the origins of the Jurassic Karoo large igneous province?

Chemical Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 227-244

  Heinonen, Jussi S ^a,b   Carlson, Richard W ^b   Luttinen, Arto V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Continental flood basalt; Ferropicrite; Isotope geochemistry; Karoo; Meimechite; Petrology

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; FERROPICRITE; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; KAROO; MEIMECHITE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEATING; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEVEES; NEODYMIUM; OSMIUM; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; THERMAL PLUMES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

BASALT;

ARCHEAN; DIKE; FLOOD BASALT; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PARENT BODY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN; MID-INDIAN RIDGE; VESTFJELLA;

EID: 77957156912     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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