Chronology and geochemistry of lavas from the Nazca Ridge and Easter Seamount Chain: An ~30 myr hotspot record

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1417-1448

  Ray, Jyotiranjan S ^a,b   Mahoney, John J ^b   Duncan, Robert A ^c   Ray, Jyotisankar ^b,d   Wessel, Paul ^b   Naar, David F ^e  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Easter Seamount Chain; Nazca Ridge; Pb Nd Sr isotopic ratios; Salas y Gomez Island

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MANTLE SOURCE; NAZCA PLATE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE RIDGE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

NAZCA RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863871660     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs021     Document Type: Article

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