Origins of chemical diversity of back-arc basin basalts: A segment-scale study of the Eastern Lau Spreading Center

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Bézos, Antoine ^a,b   Escrig, Stéphane ^a   Langmuir, Charles H ^a   Michael, Peter J ^c   Asimow, Paul D ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACKARC BASIN; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMPLING; SILICATE MELT; SLAB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLCANISM; WATER DEPTH; WETTING;

LAU BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349434875     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005924     Document Type: Article

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