Origin of back-arc basin magmas: Trace element and isotope perspectives

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 166, Issue , 2006, Pages 63-86

  Pearce, Julian A ^a   Stern, Robert J ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 85035032518     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/166GM06     Document Type: Chapter

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