Plume-ridge interaction revisited: Evidence for melt mixing from He, Ne and Ar isotope and abundance systematics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 424-432

  Stroncik, Nicole A ^a   Niedermann, Samuel ^a   Haase, Karsten M ^b,c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

degassing; mixing processes; noble gases; partial melting; plume ridge interaction

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE MATERIAL; MIXING PROCESSES; PARTIAL MELTING; PLUME MANTLE; PLUME-RIDGE INTERACTION;

DEGASSING; INERT GASES; MELTING; THERMAL PLUMES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGASSING; HELIUM ISOTOPE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MIXING RATIO; NEON; PARTIAL MELTING; SOURCE ROCK; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANIC GLASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 41549132992     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.037     Document Type: Article

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