A multiple-system study of the geochemical evolution of the mantle with force-balanced plates and thermochemical effects

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Brandenburg, J P ^a   Hauri, Erik H ^b   van Keken, Peter E ^a   Ballentine, Chris J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EM I; force balanced plates; HIMU; mantle thermochemical convection

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL LAYERS; DYNAMICAL MODELS; EM-I; END-MEMBERS; FORCE-BALANCED PLATES; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIMU; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRIES; ISOTOPE SIGNATURES; ISOTOPE SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCES; LOWER MANTLES; MANTLE CONVECTIONS; MANTLE THERMOCHEMICAL CONVECTION; MASS EXCHANGES; OCEANIC CRUSTS; PARAMETER SPACES; PLATE VELOCITIES; SURFACE HEAT FLOWS; SYSTEM STUDIES;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCES; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; OSMIUM; RHENIUM; RUBIDIUM; SEDIMENTATION; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS;

ISOTOPES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; PARTIAL MELTING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 55749095175     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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