Os isotope systematics in the Canary Islands and Madeira: Lithospheric contamination and mantle plume signatures

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-296

  Widom, E ^a   Hoernle, K A ^b   Shirey, S B ^c   Schmincke, H U ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Crustal contamination; Lithospheric mantle; Ocean Island basalts; Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; OSMIUM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032932114     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.2.279     Document Type: Article

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