Early Jurassic magmatism on the northern margin of CAMP: Derivation from a Proterozoic sub-continental lithospheric mantle

Lithos

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 158-164

  Murphy, J Brendan ^a   Dostal, Jaroslav ^b   Gutiérrez Alonso, Gabriel ^c   Keppie, J Duncan ^d  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central Atlantic Magmatic Province; Jurassic; Sm Nd isotopes; Sub continental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JURASSIC; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 79952533675     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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