Major Element Records of Variable Plume Involvement in the North Atlantic Province Tertiary Flood Basalts
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Major element heterogeneity in the mantle source of the North Atlantic igneous province
High-MgO (s 8.5 wt%), aphyric lavas erupted at various locations in the North Atlantic igneous province are utilized to characterize the nature of mantle melting during the formation of this province. Based on the observation that the Ni concentration in residual mantle olivine mostly falls in the range of 2000^3500 ppm, these high-MgO samples are corrected for olivine fractionation until the N...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Petrology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1460-2415,0022-3530
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.7.1155