Geochemistry of the Hollister Ridge: Relation with the Louisville hotspot and the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 777-793

  Vlastelic, I ^a   Dosso, L ^a   Guillou, H ^b   Bougault, H ^a   Geli, L ^a   Etoubleau, J ^a   Joron, J L ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Heterogeneity; Hot spot; Mid ocean ridge; Mixing; Pacific ocean; Pacific Antarctic Ridge; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPOT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032448609     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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