Isotope geochemistry of the Darwin Rise seamounts and the nature of long-term mantle dynamics beneath the south central Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10571-10589

  Janney, Philip E ^a,b   Castillo, Paterno R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; SEAMOUNT; VOLCANISM;

(SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033542012     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900061     Document Type: Article

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