U-series disequilibria in MORB from the Garrett Transform and implications for mantle melting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 79-97

  Tepley III, Frank J ^a   Lundstrom, Craig C ^b   Sims, Kenneth W W ^c   Hékinian, Roger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Garrett Transform; Mantle source heterogeneity; MORB; U series disequilibria

Indexed keywords

DISEQUILIBRIUM; MANTLE PROCESS; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; URANIUM;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942687267     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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