Nd, Sr, and Pb isotopic characterization of Cretaceous and Paleogene volcanic and plutonic island arc rocks from Puerto Rico

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 322, Issue , 1998, Pages 123-132

  Frost, Carol D ^a   Schellekens, Johannes H ^b   Smith, Alan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRIMITIVE ISLAND ARCS; SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS; SR ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MAGMA; NEODYMIUM; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; PLUTONIC ROCK; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; VOLCANIC ARC;

HISPANIOLA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SAINT MARTIN; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 84871993698     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2322-1.123     Document Type: Article

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