The return of subducted continental crust in Samoan lavas

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7154, 2007, Pages 684-687

  Jackson, Matthew G ^a   Hart, Stanley R ^b   Koppers, Anthony A P ^c,d   Staudigel, Hubert ^c   Konter, Jasper ^c   Blusztajn, Jerzy ^b   Kurz, Mark ^b   Russell, Jamie A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM 86; STRONTIUM 87; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

BASALT; CERIUM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NIOBIUM; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOAN ISLANDS; SEA; SEDIMENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SAMOA; SAVAII;

EID: 34547734431     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06048     Document Type: Article

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