A hydrous melting and fractionation model for mid-ocean ridge basalts: Application to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the Azores

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Asimow, P D ^a,b   Dixon, J E ^c   Langmuir, C H ^b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Azores; Basalt fractionation; Hydrous mantle melting; Mid Atlantic ridge; Plume ridge interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942521426     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000568     Document Type: Article

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