Basaltic volcanism'samples' the Earth's mantle to great depths, because solid-state
convection transports deep material into the (shallow) melting region. The isotopic and trace …

This chapter summarizes the oxygen isotope geochemistry of terrestrial basalts and their
mantle sources, including the conceptual framework for interpreting such data and the …

Two geochemical proxies are particularly important for the identification and classification of
oceanic basalts: the Th–Nb proxy for crustal input and hence for demonstrating an oceanic …

We present a comprehensive geochemical data set for the most recent volcanics from the
Mariana Islands, which provides new constraints on the timing and nature of fluxes from the …

Thus, Hurley and his collaborators were able to distinguish crustal magma sources from
those located in the mantle on the basis of their initial strontium-isotopic compositions …

The study of noble gases in oceanic basalts is central to understanding chemical
heterogeneity of the Earth's mantle and origin of the atmosphere. In the terrestrial …

Basaltic lavas, forming thick offshore seaward-dip** reflector sequences (SDRS) and
onshore igneous provinces around the North Atlantic margins, represent melting of …

The existing Hf isotope database for mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) is limited in both
quantity and precision. Nevertheless, in Hf–Nd isotope space, MORBs show a wide variation …

Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History provides a timely and comprehensive
review of the origin and history of mantle plumes throughout geologic time. The book …

Oxygen isotope analysis and U-Pb dating were carried out on zircons from granite, granitic
gneiss and eclogite in the Dabie-Sulu orogenic belt of east-central China. The results show …