Mantle Plume Mixing Along the Reykjanes Ridge Axis: Lead Isotopic Evidence
Authors:
- Shine-Soon SunSSShine-Soon Sun
- Mitsunobu TatsumotoMTMitsunobu Tatsumoto
- Jean-Guy SchillingJSJean-Guy Schilling
- 10 October 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 190 (4210) , 143-147
Abstract
Gradients of lead isotopic ratios from basalts erupted along the Reykjanes Ridge and Median Neovolcanic Zone of Iceland confirm mantle plume mixing with the depleted asthenosphere along the ridge axis.Keywords
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