Excesses of seawater-derived 234U in volcanic glasses from Loihi Seamount due to crustal contamination

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 280-289

  Pietruszka, Aaron J ^a,b   Keyes, Matthew J ^a   Duncan, Jennifer A ^a   Hauri, Erik H ^b   Carlson, Richard W ^b   Garcia, Michael O ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal contamination; Geochemistry; Hawaii; Isotopes; Loihi Seamount; Mantle plumes; Uranium; Volcano

Indexed keywords

ALTERED ROCK; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; HAWAII; HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMALLY; KILAUEA; KILAUEA VOLCANO; LOIHI SEAMOUNT; MANTLE PLUMES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; OCEANIC BASALTS; OCEANIC CRUST; VOLCANIC EDIFICE; VOLCANIC GLASS;

BASALT; BUILDINGS; CHLORINE; CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS; ISOTOPES; SEAWATER; THERMAL PLUMES; URANIUM;

VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAWATER; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANIC GLASS; VOLCANO;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KILAUEA; LOIHI SEAMOUNT; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952615911     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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