Melting processes and fluid and sediment transport rates along the Alaska-Aleutian arc from an integrated U-Th-Ra-Be isotope study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  George, Rhiannon ^a   Turner, Simon ^a   Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Morris, Julie ^b   Nye, Chris ^c   Ryan, Jeff ^d   Zheng, Shu Hui ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutians; Arc petrogenesis; Beryllium isotopes; Uranium series

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ALEUTIAN ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0041382557     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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