Mantle plume-ridge interactions in the Central North Atlantic: A Nd isotope study of Mid-Atlantic Ridge basalts from 30°N to 50°N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 259-272

  Yu, Dongmei ^a   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; North Atlantic; Sr 87 Sr 86

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MORB; NEODYMIUM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0030858569     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00221-x     Document Type: Article

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