East Molokai and other Kea-trend volcanoes: Magmatic processes and sources as they migrate away from the Hawaiian hot spot

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Xu, Guangping ^a   Frey, Frederick A ^a   Clague, David A ^b   Weis, Dominique ^c   Beeson, Melvin H ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Molokai; Hawaii plume; Nd; Pb isotope; Postshield stage; Rejuvenated stage; Sr; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548249573     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000830     Document Type: Article

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