Investigating solid mantle upwelling rates beneath mid-ocean ridges using U-series disequilibria, I: a global approach

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 151-165

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0032580140     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00038-7     Document Type: Article

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