The Iceland plume in space and time : A Sr-Nd-Pb-Hf study of the North Atlantic rifted margin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 255-271

  Kempton, P D ^a,e   Fitton, J G ^b   Saunders, A D ^a,b   Nowell, G M ^a,c   Taylor, R N ^b,d   Hardarson, B S ^b,c   Pearson, G ^c,d  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hafnium; Iceland; Isotopes; Mantle plumes; Mid ocean ridge basalts; North atlantic

Indexed keywords

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

ICELAND;

EID: 0034085787     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(00)00047-9     Document Type: Article

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