Variety and origin of magmas on Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean

Shatsky Rise consists of thick (∼30 km maximum) basaltic crust with various geochemical compositions. Geochemistry data indicate that four magma types exist on the plateau; namely normal, low‐Ti, high‐Nb, and U1349 types. The normal type is the most abundant in volume and appears on all three large...

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Main Authors: Takashi Sano, Kenji Shimizu, Akira Ishikawa, Ryoko Senda, Qing Chang, Jun‐Ichi Kimura, Mike Widdowson, William W. Sager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-08-01
Series:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004235
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