Magma genesis by rifting of oceanic lithosphere above anomalous mantle: Terceira Rift, Azores

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Beier, Christoph ^a,b,c   Haase, Karsten M ^d   Abouchami, Wafa ^a   Krienitz, Marc S ^b,e   Hauff, Folkmar ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azores; Geochemistry; Incompatible elements; Ocean Island Basalts; Radiogenic isotopes; Spreading center

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349390570     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002112     Document Type: Article

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