Petrology and Sr-Nd-Pb-He isotope geochemistry of postspreading lavas on fossil spreading axes off Baja California Sur, Mexico

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Tian, Liyan ^a   Castillo, Paterno R ^a   Lonsdale, Peter F ^a   Hahm, Doshik ^a,b   Hilton, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fossil spreading axes; mantle heterogeneity; partial melting of the mantle; postspreading lavas; Sr Nd Pb He isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; PARAFFIN WAXES; PETROGRAPHY; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

FOSSIL SPREADING AXES; HE ISOTOPES; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; PARTIAL MELTING OF THE MANTLE; POSTSPREADING LAVAS;

MELTING;

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HELIUM ISOTOPE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; EAST PACIFIC RISE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 79952206464     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003319     Document Type: Article

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