Petrology and Sr, Nd, and Pb isotope geochemistry of mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses from the 11°45′N to 15°00′N segment of the East Pacific Rise

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2000, Pages

  Castillo, P R ^a,b   Klein, E ^c   Bender, J ^d   Langmuir, C ^e   Shirey, S ^a   Batiza, R ^f,g   White, W ^h  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^h Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

basalt; East Pacific Rise; isotopes; mantle heterogeneity; Mid ocean ridge; trace elements

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; SODIUM; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COMPOSITIONAL VARIABILITY; EAST PACIFIC RISE; GEOCHEMICAL VARIABILITY; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY;

STRONTIUM;

EID: 67650574117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GC000024     Document Type: Article

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