TRACE-ELEMENT FRACTIONATION IN PLUMES AND THE ORIGIN OF HIMU MANTLE BENEATH THE CAMEROON LINE

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HALLIDAY, AN [1 ]
DAVIDSON, JP [1 ]
HOLDEN, P [1 ]
DEWOLF, C [1 ]
LEE, DC [1 ]
FITTON, JG [1 ]
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[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,GRANT INST GEOL,EDINBURGH EH9 3JW,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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10.1038/347523a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The lavas of the Cameroon line display a lead isotope anomaly at the continent/ocean boundary which can be attributed to a fossil mantle plume, the diminishing lateral effects of which can be recognized as far as 400km to either side. The high 206Pb/204Pb ratio - characteristic of the mantle endmember known as 'HIMU' - seems to arise from U/Pb fractionation accompanying melt migration following emplacement of the plume in the upper mantle 125 Myr ago. © 1990 Nature Publishing Group.
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