Oceanic crust generated by elusive parents: Sr and Nd isotopes in basalt-peridotite pairs from the Mid-Atlantic ridge

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 657-660

  Cipriani, Anna ^a,b   Brueckner, Hannes K ^a,c   Bonatti, Enrico ^a,d,e   Brunelli, Daniele ^d,f  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotites; Isotopes; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Oceanic mantle; Vema fracture zone

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUSTS; PREMELTING; ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; FRACTURE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; OCEANIC MANTLE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SR AND ND ISOTOPES;

COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; MELTING; RADIOACTIVITY; STRONTIUM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY; BASALT;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; ABYSSAL ZONE; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 4344671234     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20560.1     Document Type: Article

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