Geochemical segmentation of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of Iceland and ridge-hot spot interaction in the North Atlantic

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Blichert Toft, Janne ^a   Agranier, Arnaud ^a   Andres, Magdalena ^b   Kingsley, Richard ^b   Schilling, Jean Guy ^b   Albarède, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet fractionation; Hf isotopes; Hot spot; Mantle boundary; Mid Atlantic Ridge; MORB; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944476840     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000788     Document Type: Article

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