Low degree melting under the Southwest Indian Ridge: The roles of mantle temperature, conductive cooling and wet melting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 383-398

  Robinson, C J ^a   Bickle, M J ^a   Minshull, T A ^b   White, R S ^c   Nichols, A R L ^a  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mantle; Melting; Southwest Indian Ridge

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PARTIAL MELTING; TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034957369     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00329-6     Document Type: Article

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