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We report here our Pb and Sr isotopic study of some post-glacial basalts (less than 12,000 yr old) from the southern part of Iceland, and use our new data to evaluate various proposed models for the genesis of volcanic rocks on Iceland. The interpretation for Icelandic rocks is also extended to the genesis of volcanic rocks on other oceanic islands of the world.
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Sun, SS., Jahn, Bm. Lead and strontium isotopes in post-glacial basalts from Iceland. Nature 255, 527–530 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/255527a0
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