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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