Flow and melting of a heterogeneous mantle: 2. Implications for a chemically nonlayered mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 47-63

  Ito, Garrett ^a   Mahoney, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Mantle heterogeneity; Mantle plume; Mid ocean ridge basalt (MORB); Ocean island basalt (OIB); Partial melting

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALLY LAYERED MANTLE; LITHOSPHERE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS (OIB);

BASALT; COMPOSITION; COOLING; HEAT FLUX; ISOTOPES; MELTING;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING;

EID: 12144267493     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.034     Document Type: Article

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