Melting of enriched mantle beneath Pitcairn seamounts: Unusual U-Th-Ra systematics provide insights into melt extraction processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 474-481

  Bourdon, Bernard ^a   Van Orman, James A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

lithosphere; melting; phlogopite; Pitcairn; seamount; U series

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; PHLOGOPITE; PITCAIRN; SEAMOUNT; U-SERIES;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; METAL MELTING; MICA; RADIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER CONTENT;

MELTING;

EXTRACTION METHOD; HOT SPOT; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MELTING; PARTITIONING; PHLOGOPITE; SEAMOUNT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; WATER CONTENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITCAIRN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 58149299650     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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