40Ar/39Ar ages and Sr-Nd-Pb-Os geochemistry of CAMP tholeiites from Western Maranhão basin (NE Brazil)

Lithos

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 137-151

  Merle, Renaud ^a   Marzoli, Andrea ^a   Bertrand, Hervé ^b   Reisberg, Laurie ^c   Verati, Chrystèle ^d   Zimmermann, Catherine ^c   Chiaradia, Massimo ^e   Bellieni, Giuliano ^a   Ernesto, Marcia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CAMP; Osmium isotopes; SCLM

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRIASSIC;

BRAZIL; MARANHAO BASIN;

EID: 79551681263     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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