Changing compositions in the Iceland plume; Isotopic and elemental constraints from the Paleogene Faroe flood basalts

Chemical Geology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 297-313

  Søager, Nina ^a   Holm, Paul Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Faroe Islands; Flood basalts; Iceland plume; Isotopes; Low Ti

Indexed keywords

FAROE ISLANDS; FLOOD BASALTS; GREENLAND; ICELAND PLUME; LOW-TI;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; RECYCLING;

BASALT;

FLOOD BASALT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PALEOCENE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RIFT ZONE; TITANIUM; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; FAROE ISLANDS; GREENLAND; ICELAND;

EID: 78650838714     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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