The dynamic evolution of the Iceland mantle plume: The lead isotope perspective

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-60

  Hanan, Barry B ^a   Schilling, Jean Guy ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Iceland; Isotopes; Lead; Mantle plumes

Indexed keywords

LEAD ISOTOPES; MANTLE PLUMES;

ICELAND;

EID: 0031423402     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00105-2     Document Type: Review

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