The mean composition of ocean ridge basalts

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-518

  Gale, Allison ^a   Dalton, Colleen A ^b   Langmuir, Charles H ^a   Su, Yongjun ^c   Schilling, Jean Guy ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

basalt; DMM; major element; MORB; trace element

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; ISOTOPES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRACE ELEMENTS;

AVERAGE COMPOSITION; BACK-ARC SPREADING CENTERS; DMM; FLUID-MOBILE ELEMENTS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MORB; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

BASALT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; SAMPLING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84879822423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004334     Document Type: Article

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