Source depletion and extent of melting in the Tongan sub-arc mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 279-288

  Caulfield, J T ^a   Turner, S P ^a   Dosseto, A ^a   Pearson, N J ^a   Beier, C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

back arc; depletion; HFSE; hydrous; melting; sub arc

Indexed keywords

ARC MAGMAS; ARC MAGMATISM; ARC MELTING; BACK-ARC; CLINOPYROXENE; DEPLETED MORB MANTLE; DEPLETION; FLUXING AGENTS; HFSE; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; HYDROUS; HYDROUS PHASES; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE MELTING; MANTLE WEDGE; MELTING MODELS; PARTIAL MELTING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUB-ARC; SUB-ARC MANTLE; SUBDUCTING SLABS; TEST MODELING;

ABLATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; MELTING; NIOBIUM; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEPARATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TANTALUM; TECTONICS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ABLATION; BACKARC BASIN; LHERZOLITE; MAGMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATE MOTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC SETTING;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 49849094009     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.040     Document Type: Article

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