Dispersion of the Jan Mayen and Iceland mantle plumes in the Arctic: A He-Pb-Nd-Sr isotope tracer study of basalts from the Kolbeinsey, Mohns, and Knipovich Ridges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10543-10569

  Schilling, J G ^a   Kingsley, R ^a   Fontignie, D ^b   Poreda, R ^c   Xue, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

ICELAND; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0033542007     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900057     Document Type: Article

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