Lithospheric control on geochemical composition along the Louisville Seamount Chain

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Beier, Christoph ^a   Vanderkluysen, Loÿc ^b,c   Regelous, Marcel ^a   Mahoney, John J ^b   Garbe Schnberg, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

lithosphere thickness; Louisville Seamount Chain; melting dynamics; plume evolution; spreading centre

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; LEAD; MELTING; SILICA; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

LITHOSPHERE THICKNESS; MELTING DYNAMICS; PLUME EVOLUTION; SEAMOUNT CHAINS; SPREADING CENTRE;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTURE ZONE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SEAMOUNT; SPREADING CENTER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

LOUISVILLE SEAMOUNT CHAIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 80053599955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003690     Document Type: Article

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