U-Th-Ra disequilibria and the extent of off-axis volcanism across the East Pacific Rise at 9°30′N, 10°30′N, and 11°20′N

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Turner, Simon ^a   Beier, Christoph ^b   Niu, Yaoling ^c   Cook, Craig ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; mid ocean ridge basalt; off axis magmatism; U Th Ra disequilibria

Indexed keywords

COLUMN LENGTHS; DECAY CURVES; EAST PACIFIC RISE; MAGMATISMS; MELTING ZONES; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; NEOVOLCANIC ZONES; OFF-AXIS; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SIMPLE MODELING; U-SERIES DISEQUILIBRIA; U-TH-RA DISEQUILIBRIA; VISUAL EVIDENCE; OFF-AXIS MAGMATISM;

DISEQUILIBRIUM; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; URANIUM SERIES DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 79961228942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003403     Document Type: Article

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