Resolving mantle components in oceanic lavas from segment E2 of the East Scotia back-arc ridge, South Sandwich Islands

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 219, Issue , 2003, Pages 333-344

  Harrison, D ^a,b   Leat, P T ^c   Burnard, P G ^a,d   Turner, G ^a   Fretzdorff, S ^e   Millar, I L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0346875863     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.219.01.16     Document Type: Article

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