Shona and discovery aseismic ridge systems, South Atlantic: Traace element evidence for enriched mantle sources

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2089-2120

  Le Roex, Anton ^a   Class, Cornelia ^b   O'Connor, John ^c   Jokat, Wilfried ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basalts; Mantle; Shona plume; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; LAVA; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACHYTE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 77957269137     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq050     Document Type: Article

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