Science, Vol.267, No.5197, 508-512, 1995
Mechanisms of Magma Generation Beneath Hawaii and Midocean Ridges - Uranium/Thorium and Samarium/Neodymium Isotopic Evidence
Measurements of uranium/thorium and samarium/neodymium isotopes and concentrations in a suite of Hawaiian basalts show that uranium/thorium fractionation varies systematically with samarium/neodymium fractionation and major-element composition; these correlations can be understood in terms of simple batch melting models with a garnet-bearing peridotite magma source and melt fractions of 0.25 to 6.5 percent, Midocean ridge basalts shows a systematic but much different relation between uranium/thorium fractionation and samarium/neodymium fractionation, which, although broadly consistent with melting of a garnet-bearing peridotite source, requires a more complex melting model.
Keywords:JUAN-DE-FUCA;TH-230-U-238 DISEQUILIBRIUM;MELT GENERATION;KOHALA VOLCANO;TRACE-ELEMENT;GORDA RIDGES;BASALT;TH;GEOCHEMISTRY;PERIDOTITE