Mantle heterogeneity beneath the Antarctic-Phoenix Ridge off Antarctic Peninsula

Island Arc

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 172-182

  Choi, Sung Hi ^a   Choe, Won Hie ^a   Lee, Jong Ik ^a  

^a Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antarctic Phoenix Ridge; E type MORB; Heterogeneity; Sr Nd Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38849101790     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2007.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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