226Ra-230Th evidence for multiple dehydration events, rapid melt ascent and the time scales of differentiation beneath the Tonga-Kermadec island arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 581-593

  Turner, Simon ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^b   Hawkesworth, Chris ^c   Evans, Peter ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Fluid phase; Island arcs; Kermadec Islands; Th 230 Ra 226; Time scales; Tonga

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; RADIUM; THORIUM;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033915970     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00141-2     Document Type: Article

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