U-Th-Pa-Ra systematics for the Grande Comore volcanics: Melting processes in an upwelling plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-133

  Bourdon, Bernard ^a   Joron, Jean Louis ^b   Claude Ivanaj, Christelle ^a,c   Allègre, Claude J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comoro Islands; Mantle plumes; Uranium disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; UPWELLING; URANIUM;

COMOROS; GRANDE COMORE;

EID: 0032535840     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00227-1     Document Type: Article

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