Flow and melting of a heterogeneous mantle: 1. Method and importance to the geochemistry of ocean island and mid-ocean ridge basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-46

  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

FRACTIONAL MELTING; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT (MORB);

BASALT; ISOTOPES; MELTING; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 12144277944     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.035     Document Type: Article

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