Origin of enriched-type mid-ocean ridge basalt at ridges far from mantle plumes: The East Pacific Rise at 11°20′N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7067-7087

  Niu, Yaoling ^a   Collerson, Ken D ^a   Batiza, Rodey ^b   Wendt, J Immo ^a   Regelous, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PETROLOGY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033541409     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900037     Document Type: Article

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