238U-230Th disequilibria, magma petrogenesis, and flux rates beneath the depleted Tonga-Kermadec island arc

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 4855-4884

  Turner, Simon ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Rogers, Nick ^a   Bartlett, Jessica ^a   Worthington, Tim ^d   Hergt, Janet ^b   Pearce, Julian ^c   Smith, Ian ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; LAVA; PETROGENESIS; URANIUM-238/URANIUM-230 DISEQUILIBRIUM;

PACIFIC, KERMADEC ISLANDS; TONGA;

EID: 0031390816     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00281-0     Document Type: Article

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