U-Th isotopes in Hainan basalts: Implications for sub-asthenospheric origin of EM2 mantle endmember and the dynamics of melting beneath Hainan Island

Lithos

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Zou, Haibo ^a   Fan, Qicheng ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Basalts; Hainan Island; Hotspot; Plume; U Th disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOLOCENE; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; STABLE ISOTOPE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA; HAINAN;

EID: 77949262361     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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