Transient high temperatures in mantle plume heads inferred from magnesian olivines in Phanerezoic picrites

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6803, 2000, Pages 502-506

  Thompson, R N ^a   Gibson, S A ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VOLCANO;

EID: 0034727071     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35035058     Document Type: Article

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