Plume-lithosphere interactions in the ocean basins: Constraints from the source mineralogy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 245-260

  Class, Cornelia ^a,b   Goldstein, Steven L ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibole group; Lithosphere; Mantle plumes; Melting; Oceanic crust; Phlogopite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; OCEAN CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; PHLOGOPITE;

INDIAN OCEAN, GRANDE COMORE, LA GRILLE VOLCANO;

EID: 0031421947     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00089-7     Document Type: Article

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