Pervasive mantle plume head heterogeneity: Evidence from the late Cretaceous Caribbean-Colombian oceanic plateau

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a   Tarney, John ^b   Kempton, Pamela D ^c   Spadea, Piera ^d   Nivia, Alvaro ^e   Marriner, Giselle F ^f   Duncan, Robert A ^g  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Komatiite; Mantle melting; Mantle plume; Oceanic plateau; Picrite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE PLUME; PICRITE; PLATEAU;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037055364     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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