An ancient recipe for flood-basalt genesis

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7360, 2011, Pages 316-319

  Jackson, Matthew G ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; ISOTOPE; LEAD; NEODYMIUM; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

FLOOD BASALT; HEAT PRODUCTION; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT; RESERVOIR; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOODING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SEA; VOLCANO;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80051948308     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10326     Document Type: Article

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