The Cocos and Carnegie Aseismic Ridges: a Trace Element Record of Long-term Plume–Spreading Center Interaction

The aseismic Cocos and Carnegie Ridges, two prominent bathymetric features in the eastern Pacific, record ∼20 Myr of interaction between the Galápagos hotspot and the adjacent Galápagos Spreading Center. Trace element data determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry in >90 dredge...

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Published in:	Journal of petrology Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 109 - 133
Main Authors:	HARPP, KAREN S., WANLESS, VIRGINIA D., OTTO, ROBERT H., HOERNLE, KAJ, WERNER, REINHARD
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 01-01-2005 Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:	abandoned rift Galápagos mantle plume mid-ocean ridge partial melting of the mantle
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