Sampling the Cape Verde Mantle Plume: Evolution of melt compositions on Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-189

  Holm, Paul M ^a   Wilson, J R ^b   Christensen, B P ^a   Hansen, L ^b   Hansen, S L ^a   Hein, K M ^a   Mortensen, A K ^b   Pedersen, R ^b   Plesner, S ^b   Runge, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Geochemistry; Mantle melting; Radiogenic isotopes

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MELT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 29544433444     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi071     Document Type: Article

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