The quaternary volcanic rocks of the Geghama highland, Lesser Caucasus, Armenia: Geochronology, isotopic Sr-Nd characteristics, and origin

Journal of Volcanology and Seismology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-229

  Lebedev, V A ^a   Chernyshev, I V ^a   Shatagin, K N ^a   Bubnov, S N ^a   Yakushev, A I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; QUATERNARY; RHYOLITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM; VOLCANOLOGY;

ARMENIA [WEST ASIA]; CAUCASUS;

EID: 84879969213     PISSN: 07420463     EISSN: 18197108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0742046313030044     Document Type: Article

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