Mantle temperature variations beneath back-arc spreading centers inferred from seismology, petrology, and bathymetry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 30-42

  Wiens, Douglas A ^a   Kelley, Katherine A ^b   Plank, Terry ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

back arc basin basalts; Lau Basin; major element systematics; mantle temperature; Mariana Trough; upper mantle structure

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BATHYMETRY; PETROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

BACK-ARC BASIN BASALTS; MAJOR ELEMENT SYSTEMATICS; MANTLE TEMPERATURE; UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

BACKARC BASIN; BATHYMETRY; MANTLE PROCESS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PETROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UPPER MANTLE;

LAU BASIN; MARIANA TROUGH; NORTH FIJI BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33746480972     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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