Petrogenesis of the Late Cretaceous tholeiitic magmatism in the passive margins of northeastern Madagascar

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 362, Issue , 2002, Pages 81-95

  Melluso, Leone ^a   Morra, Vincenzo ^a   Brotzu, Pietro ^a   D'Antonio, Massimo ^a   Bennio, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BINARY ALLOYS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FELDSPAR; FRACTIONATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; LEVEES; MAGNESIA; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; RARE EARTHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENT; HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; THOLEIITIC MAGMATISM;

STRONTIUM ALLOYS;

CRETACEOUS; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MAGMATISM; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; THOLEIITE;

EID: 84870890780     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2362-0.81     Document Type: Article

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