Aberrant youth: Chemical and isotopic constraints on the origin of off-axis lavas from the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Sims, K W W ^a   Blichert Toft, J ^b   Fornari, D J ^a   Perfit, M R ^a   Goldstein, S J ^c   Johnson, P ^d   DePaolo, D J ^e   Hart, S R ^a   Murrell, M T ^c   Michael, P J ^f   Layne, G D ^a   Ball, L A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotope geochemistry; Mantle source composition; Melt generation and magma transport; Mid ocean ridge processes; Off axis volcanism; U series disequilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844307711     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000443     Document Type: Article

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