Perspective on the genesis of E-MORB from chemical and isotopic heterogeneity at 9-10°n East Pacific Rise

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 565-602

  Waters, Christopher L ^a,b   Sims, Kenneth W W ^a,b   Perfit, Michael R ^c   Blichert Toft, Janne ^d   Blusztajn, Jurek ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

E MORB; East Pacific Rise; Off axis volcanism; Petrogenesis; U series

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANISM;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79952062881     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq091     Document Type: Article

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