Infl uence of the Galápagos hotspot on the East Pacifi c Rise during Miocene superfast spreading

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-186

  Geldmacher, J ^a   Hofig T H ^a,d   Hauff, F ^a   Hoernle, K ^a   Garbe Schonberg D ^b   Wilson, D S ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC CRUST; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DEEP SEA DRILLING; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; HOT PLUMES; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT; MELT EXTRACTION; MIOCENE; ND ISOTOPES; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; OCEANIC CRUST; PLUME SOURCE; REFERENCE SITES; SOUTH AMERICA; TIME INTERVAL;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPOT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LEAD ISOTOPE; MIOCENE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; PLUME; SPREADING CENTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84873420637     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33533.1     Document Type: Article

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