Melt extraction in the Earth's mantle: Constraints from U-Th-Pa-Ra studies in oceanic basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 97-112

  Stracke, Andreas ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^b,d   McKenzie, Dan ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic melting; Melt extraction; MORB; OIB; U series

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MELTING; EARTH'S MANTLE; MELT EXTRACTION; OCEANIC BASALTS;

BASALT; BUOYANCY; MELTING; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL PLUMES; URANIUM ALLOYS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33645533284     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.057     Document Type: Article

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