U-Th isotope disequilibria and ocean island basalt generation in the Azores

Chemical Geology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 145-164

  Turner, Simon ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Rogers, Nick ^a   King, Penny ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic melting; Mantle plumes; Ocean island basalts; U series isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASALTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; OIB; PETROGENESIS; URANIUM/THORIUM; URANIUM/THORIUM ISOTOPES;

AZORES;

EID: 0030832662     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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