Multi-stage evolution of a sub-aerial volcanic ridge over the last 1.3 Myr: S. Jorge Island, Azores Triple Junction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 289-298

  Hildenbrand, Anthony ^a   Madureira, Pedro ^b   Marques, Fernando Ornelas ^c   Cruz, Inês ^c   Henry, Bernard ^d   Silva, Pedro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores triple junction; geochemistry; K Ar; MAR; S o Jorge; volcanic ridge evolution

Indexed keywords

AZORES TRIPLE JUNCTION; EARLY DEVELOPMENT; EURASIAN PLATES; FEEDING SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSES; GEOCHEMISTRY; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENTS; INCREASING EFFECT; K/AR; LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; MANTLE SOURCE; MAR; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; MULTI-STAGE; PARTIAL MELTING; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SEA-FLOOR SPREADING; SECOND PHASE; TECTONIC EVENTS; TIME INTERVALS; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VOLCANIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC RIDGE EVOLUTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MELTING; STAGES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

ALKALI BASALT; EURASIAN PLATE; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSTENSION; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES TRIPLE JUNCTION; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 50049125019     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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