Water-rich basalts at mid-ocean-ridge cold spots

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7029, 2005, Pages 66-69

  Ligi, Marco ^a   Bonatti, Enrico ^a,b,c   Cipriani, Anna ^a,b   Ottolini, Luisa ^d  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; THERMAL PLUMES; VISCOSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASALTIC GLASSES; MANTLE VISCOSITY; OCEANIC BASALTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GLASS; LANTHANIDE; SODIUM; WATER;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASALT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WATER CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14844302823     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03264     Document Type: Article

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