U-series isotope systematics of mafic magmas from central Oregon: Implications for fluid involvement and melting processes in the Cascade arc

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 378-389

  Mitchell, Euan C ^a   Asmerom, Yemane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascades; Melting processes; Subduction zones; U series

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MELTING MODEL; ENDMEMBERS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MANTLE WEDGE; MELTING PROCESS; MELTING PROCESSES; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM; SUB-ARC MANTLE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; U-SERIES; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); ISOTOPES; MELTING; METAL MELTING; RADIUM; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

FLUIDS;

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; DECOMPOSITION; DEHYDRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355147206     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.060     Document Type: Article

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