Chemical and isotopic evidence for lithospheric thinning beneath the Rio Grande rift

A study which discusses major-element and isotopic data for basalts in a small region of the southeastern Colorado Plateau transition zone adjacent to the central Rio Grande rift is presented.

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Published in:Nature (London) 1988-03, Vol.332 (6163), p.432-434
Main Authors: Perry, Frank V, Baldridge, W. Scott, DePaolo, Donald J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Basalt
Chemicals
Chemistry
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Geology
Internal geophysics
Isotope geochemistry
Isotope geochemistry. Geochronology
Solid-earth geophysics, tectonophysics, gravimetry
Transition zone
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Summary:A study which discusses major-element and isotopic data for basalts in a small region of the southeastern Colorado Plateau transition zone adjacent to the central Rio Grande rift is presented.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/332432a0