Upwelling and melting of the Iceland plume from radial variation of 238U-230Th disequilibria in postglacial volcanic rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 167-186

  Kokfelt, Thomas Find ^a   Hoernle, Kaj ^a   Hauff, Folkmar ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basalt geochemistry; Iceland plume; Mantle upwelling rates; Partial melting; U series disequilibria

Indexed keywords

DISEQUILIBRIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; POSTGLACIAL; THORIUM; UPWELLING; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ICELAND;

EID: 0141707145     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00306-6     Document Type: Article

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