The dynamics of melting beneath Theistareykir, northern Iceland

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Stracke, Andreas ^a,b,c   Zindler, Alan ^a   Salters, Vincent J M ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^b   Grönvold, Karl ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Nordic Institute of Volcanology   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Iceland; Isotopes; Melting; Trace elements; U Th systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944388248     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000347     Document Type: Article

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