Th/U and other geochemical evidence for the Réunion plume sampling a less differentiated mantle domain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 379-393

  Vlastélic, Ivan ^a,b   Lewin, Eric ^b   Staudacher, Thomas ^c  

^a Universite Blaise Pascal   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

differentiation; primitive mantle; R union; thorium uranium ratio

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEGASSING; ISOTOPES; RADIOGENIC GASES; THORIUM; URANIUM;

PLUME SAMPLING; PRIMITIVE MANTLE; THORIUM/URANIUM RATIO;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEGASSING; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; SUBDUCTION; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 33746687980     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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