Sea-floor evolution: rare-earth evidence
A systematic survey of rare-earth (r.e.) abundances in submarine tholeiitic basalts along mid-oceanic ridges has been made by neutron activation analysis. The r.e. fractionation patterns are remarkably uniform along each mid-oceanic ridge and from one ridge to another (Juan de Fuca Ridge, East Pacif...
Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
1971
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1971.0021 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.1971.0021 |