Investigating solid mantle upwelling beneath mid-ocean ridges using U-series disequilibria. II. A local study at 33°S Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 167-181

  Lundstrom, C C ^a   Gill, J ^a   Williams, Q ^a   Hanan, B B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE UPWELLING; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MORB; URANIUM SERIES DISEQUILIBRIUM;

ATLANTIC, MID ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032580136     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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