Ambient and excess mantle temperatures, olivine thermometry, and active vs. passive upwelling

Chemical Geology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 177-206

  Putirka, Keith D ^a   Perfit, Michael ^b   Ryerson, F J ^c   Jackson, Matthew G ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermal gradient; Hot spots; Mantle plumes; Mid ocean ridge; Olivine; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HOT SPOT; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OLIVINE; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL CONVECTION; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34249815493     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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