Petrogenesis of tholeiitic basalts from the Central Atlantic magmatic province as revealed by mineral major and trace elements and Sr isotopes

Lithos

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-59

  Marzoli, Andrea ^a,f   Jourdan, Fred ^b   Bussy, François ^c   Chiaradia, Massimo ^d   Costa, Fidel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basalt; Central Atlantic magmatic province; Crustal contamination; Disequilibrium mineralogy; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894976843     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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