Geochemistry of lavas from the Ahu and Tupa volcanic fields, Easter Hotspot, southeast Pacific: Implications for intraplate magma genesis near a spreading axis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 129-143

  Haase, K M ^a,b   Devey, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Major elements; Neodymium; Rare earths; Tholeiite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPOT; HOT SPOTS; LAVA; MAGMA GENESIS; MAGMATISM; REE; SPREADING AXIS; THOLEIITE;

PACIFIC; PACIFIC, EASTER HOTSPOT;

EID: 0029769248     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00217-z     Document Type: Article

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