A variably enriched mantle wedge and contrasting melt types during arc stages following subduction initiation in Fiji and Tonga, southwest Pacific

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 335-336, Issue , 2012, Pages 180-194

  Todd, Erin ^a,b   Gill, James B ^a   Pearce, Julian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boninitic magma; Fiji; Hafnium isotopes; Subduction initiation; Tholeiitic magma; Tonga

Indexed keywords

BONINITIC MAGMA; FIJI; HAFNIUM ISOTOPES; SUBDUCTION INITIATION; THOLEIITIC MAGMA; TONGA;

ISOTOPES;

HAFNIUM;

BONINITE; HAFNIUM; MAGMA; MAGMATISM; PILLOW LAVA; SUBDUCTION; THOLEIITE;

FIJI; IZU-BONIN ARC; KERMADEC ARC; MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA;

EUA;

EID: 84862259596     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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