Geochemistry of Mauritius and the origin of rejuvenescent volcanism on oceanic island volcanoes

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Paul, Debajyoti ^a,b   White, William M ^a   Blichert Toft, Janne ^c  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle plumes; Mauritius; Oceanic island volcanism; Posterosional volcanism; Rejuvenescent volcanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449125770     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000883     Document Type: Article

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