Multiple pulses of the mantle plume: Evidence from tertiary icelandic lavas

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1365-1396

  Kitagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Katsura ^a   Makishima, Akio ^a   Nakamura, Eizo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magma productivity; Mantle plume; Mantle source; Temporal variation; Trace element and isotope geochemistry

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERTIARY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 48949116602     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn029     Document Type: Article

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