Location of Pacific and Indian mid-ocean ridge-type mantle in two time slices: Evidence from Pb, Sr, and Nd isotopes for Cenozoic Australian basalts

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-42

  Zhang, Ming ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Chen, Daogong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ISOTOPES;

AUSTRALIAN CONTINENTS; BACK-ARC BASIN BASALTS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; MANTLE RESERVOIRS; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; OCEAN FLOOR BASALTS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; CENOZOIC; FLOOD BASALT; GONDWANA; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84879881029     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0039:LOPAIM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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