Displaced helium and carbon in the Hawaiian plume

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 226-236

  Hofmann, Albrecht W ^a,b   Farnetani, Cinzia G ^c   Spiegelman, Marc ^a   Class, Cornelia ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonatite melt; Hawaii; Helium; Mantle plumes; Metasomatism

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; GRAIN SIZE; HAWAII; LOW DENSITY; MANTLE PLUME; MAUNA LOA; MELT PRODUCTION; METASOMATISM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; PLUME MODEL; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLE; VERTICAL SEPARATION;

BASALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MINERALOGY; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANOES;

HELIUM;

CARBON; CARBONATITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN SIZE; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MELT; METASOMATISM; MODELING; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; POROSITY; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

LOIHI SEAMOUNT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80055060466     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.041     Document Type: Article

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