Trace element partitioning during the initial stages of melting beneath mid-ocean ridges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 15-30

  Salters, Vincent J M ^a   Longhi, John ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Mid ocean ridge basalts; Partial melting; Partitioning; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTITIONING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0033611711     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00271-4     Document Type: Article

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