Low-Ti basalts from the Faroe Islands constrain the early Iceland depleted plume component

• Main Authors: Søager, Nina, Holm, Paul Martin
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Dy; Faroe Islands; Greenland; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; East Greenland; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/lowti-basalts-from-the-faroe-islands-constrain-the-early-iceland-depleted-plume-component(2b2e0ad0-8d63-11de-8bc9-000ea68e967b).html

New Sr, Nd, Hf and high precision Pb isotope analyses of 46 Faroese low-Ti lavas erupted at the rifting of the proto-North Atlantic ~56-55 Ma ago are presented. The low-Ti lavas are depleted, MORB-like basalts erupted close to the riftzone at the same time as enriched high-Ti basalts were erupted aw...