Mantle potential temperatures at Hawaii, Iceland, and the mid-ocean ridge system, as inferred from olivine phenocrysts: Evidence for thermally driven mantle plumes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Putirka, Keith D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Mantle; Plume; Potential temperatures; Temperatures; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746488026     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000915     Document Type: Article

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