Geochemical zoning of volcanic chains associated with Pacific hotspots

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 874-878

  Huang, Shichun ^a   Hall, Paul S ^b   Jackson, Matthew G ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HOT SPOT; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLCANIC BELT;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455163936     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1263     Document Type: Article

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