Ultra-depleted melts from Kamchatkan ophiolites: Evidence for the interaction of the Hawaiian plume with an oceanic spreading center in the Cretaceous?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 194-204

  Portnyagin, Maxim ^a,b   Hoernle, Kaj ^a   Savelyev, Dmitri ^c  

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

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hawaiian hotspot; Kamchatka; melt inclusion; ophiolite; plume ridge interaction; spinel; ultra depleted melts

Indexed keywords

HAWAIIAN HOTSPOT; KAMCHATKA; MELT INCLUSION; OPHIOLITE; PLUME-RIDGE INTERACTION; SPINEL; ULTRA-DEPLETED MELTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; CRYSTALS; ERBIUM; INCLUSIONS; IRON OXIDES; LITHOLOGY; MELTING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; THERMAL PLUMES; YTTERBIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MELT INCLUSION; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PHENOCRYST; SPINEL; SPREADING CENTER; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAMCHATKA; MAUNA LOA; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349554339     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.042     Document Type: Article

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