The radiogenic isotope composition of the high-latitude North Atlantic mantle

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 411-414

  Mertz, Dieter F ^a,b   Haase, Karsten M ^b,c,d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; VOLCANOES;

HIGH LATITUDES; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE PATTERN; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; SOURCE MATERIAL; ICELAND PLUME; MIXING MODELS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; RADIONUCLIDE; VOLCANIC ROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; MORB; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND; (NORTH); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030763199     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0411:TRICOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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