Kistufell: Primitive melt from the Iceland mantle plume

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 345-373

  Breddam, Kresten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Iceland plume; Isotopes; Primitive basalts; Recycled oceanic lithosphere

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE;

ICELAND; KISTUFELL;

EID: 0036169611     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/43.2.345     Document Type: Article

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