| Abstract: | Lead isotopic analyses of a suite of basaltic rocks from the Juan de Fuca-Gorda Ridge and nearby seamounts confirm an isotopically heterogeneous mantle known since 1966. The process of mixing during partial melting of a heterogeneous mantle necessarily produces linear data arrays that can be interpreted as secondary isochrons. Moreover, the position of the entire lead isotope array, with respect to the geochron, requires that U/Pb and Th/Pb values are progressively increased over the age of the earth. Partial melting theory also dictates analogous behavior for the other incompatible trace elements. This process explains not only the LIL element character of MOR basalts, but also duplicates the spread of radiogenic lead data collected from alkali-rich oceanic basalts. This dynamic, open-system model of lead isotopic and chemical evolution of the mantle is believed to be the direct result of tectonic flow and convective overturn within the mantle and is compatible with geophysical models of a dynamic earth. ?? 1975 Springer-Verlag. |
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| Citation Author: | Church, S. E.; Tatsumoto, M. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Lead isotope relations in oceanic Ridge basalts from the Juan de Fuca-Gorda Ridge area N.E. Pacific Ocean; 1975; Article; Journal; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; Church, S. E.; Tatsumoto, M. |
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| Citation Volume: | 53 |
| Citation Year: | 1975 |
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| Text: | Lead isotope relations in oceanic Ridge basalts from the Juan de Fuca-Gorda Ridge area N.E. Pacific Ocean; 1975; Article; Journal; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; Church, S. E.; Tatsumoto, M. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00382443 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:09 -0500 |
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