Pb-Hf-Nd-Sr isotope variations along the Galápagos Spreading Center (101°-83°W): Constraints on the dispersal of the Galápagos mantle plume

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Schilling, Jean Guy ^a   Fontignie, Denis ^b   Blichert Toft, Janne ^c   Kingsley, Richard ^a   Tomza, Urszula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Galapagos spreading center; Isotope ratios; Mangle dynamics; Mantle plumes; Morb; Plume ridge interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444306816     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000495     Document Type: Article

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