Glass compositions, plume-ridge interaction, and hydrous melting along the Galapagos spreading center, 90.5 °wto 98 ° W

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Cushman, Buffy ^a   Sinton, John ^a   Ito, Garrett ^a   Dixon, Jacqueline Eaby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Galapagos plume; Hot spot; Mantle geochemistry; Mid ocean ridges; Plume ridge interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049102395     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000709     Document Type: Article

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