Mantle plumes and geochemistry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Hawkesworth, Chris ^a   Scherstén, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Core contribution; Geochemistry; Intraplate basalt; Mantle plume

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; GEOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; SOURCE ROCK; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 34249895046     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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