Recycled gabbro signature in hotspot magmas unveiled by plume-ridge interactions

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 393-397

  Stroncik, N A ^a,b   Devey, C W ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; HOT SPOT; LAVA FLOW; LEAD; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA; MANTLE PLUME; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NOBLE GAS; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAMOUNT; STRONTIUM; SUBDUCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC-ANTARCTIC RIDGE;

EID: 79957824759     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1121     Document Type: Article

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