Probing the Pacific's oldest MORB glass: Mantle chemistry and melting conditions during the birth of the Pacific Plate

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 741-752

  Fiska, Martin ^a   Kelley, Katherine A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Glasses; Jurassic; Major elements; Mantle; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Oceanic crust; Temperature; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GLASS; JURASSIC; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PACIFIC PLATE;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037201337     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00760-4     Document Type: Article

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