Isotopic
signature of the Siberian flood basalts and alkaline
magmatism of Polar Siberia
Kogarko
L.N.*,
Zartman R.**
* Vernadsky
Institute of geochemistry and analytical chemistry,
Moscow, Russia; ** Harward
University, Harward, USA.
kogarko@geokhi.ru
A
close association between alkaline
magmatism and continental flood basalts is
observed worldwide. Nevertheless, the problem of a
genetic link between the Siberian flood basalts (SFB)
and the ultramafic-alkaline
rocks of the Maimecha-Kotuy
province in Polar Siberia is still being debated.
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This study was financially supported by RFBR grant
07-05-00385-a.
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