Strontium isotopes in Quaternary basalts of southeastern California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters
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Abstract

Strontium isotopic variations (87Sr/86Sr of 0.7029 to 0.7052) in Quaternary basalts of southeastern California, USA, are not readily explained by assimilation of crustal material similar to that contained as xenoliths in the basalt. Isotopic differences between chrome diopside (0.7016) and olivine (0.7087) from a lherzolite xenolith suggest that the isotopic variations in the basalts may be inherited from the source regions or modified by the upper parts of the mantle that were traversed by the lavas.

    Publication type Article
    Publication Subtype Journal Article
    Title Strontium isotopes in Quaternary basalts of southeastern California
    Series title Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    DOI 10.1016/0012-821X(70)90078-6
    Volume 7
    Issue 5
    Year Published 1970
    Language English
    Description 4 p.
    First page 381
    Last page 384
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