Computer Science
Scientific paper
May 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993e%26psl.117...89d&link_type=abstract
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 117, Issue 1-2, p. 89-100.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Basaltic volcanics from Mururoa, Fangataufa and Gambier islands, which belong to the Pitcairn island chain, have been studied for trace elements and Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic composition. While the trace element ratios remain constant, the 87Sr/86Sr ratios range from 0.70292 to 0.70367, 143Nd/144Nd ranges from 0.51303 to 0.51288 and the 206Pb/204Pb isotopic composition ranges from 18.99 to 19.62. These values, which are clearly distinct from those of Pitcairn basalts, vary according to distance from the present hot spot and are correlated with the age of the underlying lithosphere. It is suggested that the basalts studied were produced by variable degrees of partial melting from an oceanic lithospheric plate metasomatized by prior passage over the Easter hot spot.
Dupuy Claude
Guille Gérard
Maury Renéc.
Vidal Philippe
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