Two-stage melting and the geochemical evolution of the mantle: A recipe for mantle plum-pudding

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-239

  Phipps Morgan, Jason ^a,b   Morgan, W Jason ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional melting; Mantle; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Mixing; Ocean island basalts

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT;

EID: 0008534726     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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