Temperatures in ambient mantle and plumes: Constraints from basalts, picrites, and komatiites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Herzberg, C ^a   Asimow, P D ^b   Arndt, N ^c   Niu, Y ^d   Lesher, C M ^e   Fitton, J G ^f   Cheadle, M J ^g   Saunders, A D ^h  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambient mantle temperatures; Mantle plumes; Mid ocean ridge basalt; Petrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749119622     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001390     Document Type: Article

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