A correlation between mid-ocean-ridge basalt chemistry and distance to continents

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6907, 2002, Pages 607-609

  Humler, Eric ^a   Besse, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

MANTLE;

BASALT;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASALT; CHEMISTRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; INDIAN OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037057667     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01052     Document Type: Article

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