Major element chemistry of volcanic glasses from the Easter Seamount Chain: Constraints on melting conditions in the plume channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5287-5304

  Pan, Yucheng ^a   Batiza, Rodey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0001113221     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03617     Document Type: Article

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