Mantle heterogeneities beneath the South Atlantic: A Nd-Sr-Pb isotope study along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (3°S-46°S)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 209-221

  Fontignie, Denis ^a   Schilling, Jean Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Nd 144 Nd 143; Pb 208 Pb 204; South Atlantic; Sr 87 Sr 86

Indexed keywords

BASALT GLASSES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; NEODYMIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONTIUM;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0029811490     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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