Cryptic striations in the upper mantle revealed by hafnium isotopes in southeast Indian ridge basalts

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7081, 2006, Pages 199-202

  Graham, D W ^a   Blichert Toft, J ^b   Russo, C J ^a   Rubin, K H ^c   Albarede F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HAFNIUM; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TECTONICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

PLATE TECTONIC RECYCLING; SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE (SEIR); VISCOUS STRETCHING;

ISOTOPES;

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPE;

MANTLE;

ARTICLE; BASALT; GEOLOGY; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; STRETCHING; THERMODYNAMICS; THICKNESS;

EID: 33644860626     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04582     Document Type: Article

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