Hf-Nd evidence for the origin and distribution of mantle domains in the SW Pacific

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-114

  Pearce, J A ^a   Kempton, P D ^b   Gill, J B ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hafnium; isotopes; mantle domains; subduction; trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARC-BASIN TERRAINS; BACK-ARC BASIN BASALTS; MANTLE DOMAINS; SUBDUCTION;

HAFNIUM; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ISOTOPES;

BACKARC BASIN; HAFNIUM; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

KERMADEC ARC; LAU BASIN; MELANESIA; NORTH FIJI BASIN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; TONGA; VANUATU;

EID: 34447258388     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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