Isotopic constraints on the influence of the Icelandic plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages

  Taylor, Rex N ^a,b   Thirlwall, M F ^b   Murton, B J ^a   Hilton, D R ^c,d   Gee, M A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalt; Iceland; Isotopes; Plumes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BASALTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; MORB;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030881930     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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