Mineral-scale Sr isotope variation in plutonic rocks – a tool for unravelling the evolution of magma systems

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-367

  Davidson, Jon P ^a   Font, Laura ^a   Charlier, Bruce L A ^b   Tepley, Frank J ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling histories; crystal isotope stratigraphy; differentiation; feldspars; isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981521605     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001504     Document Type: Article

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