Upper and lower crust recycling in the source of CAMP basaltic dykes from southeastern North America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 376, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-199

  Callegaro, Sara ^a   Marzoli, Andrea ^a   Bertrand, Hervé ^b   Chiaradia, Massimo ^c   Reisberg, Laurie ^d   Meyzen, Christine ^a   Bellieni, Giuliano ^a   Weems, Robert E ^e   Merle, Renaud ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e not available   (United States)

^f CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appalachians; CAMP; Crustal recycling; Dykes; Mantle source; Os Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; OSMIUM ALLOYS; RECYCLING; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; THERMAL PLUMES; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

APPALACHIANS; CAMP; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; DYKES; MANTLE SOURCE; SR-ND-PB ISOTOPES;

LEAD ALLOYS;

BASALT; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; DIKE SWARM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; PANGAEA; UPPER CRUST;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84882902210     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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