Kistufell: Primitive Melt from the Iceland Mantle Plume

This paper presents new geochemical data from Kistufell (64°48′N, 17°13′W), a monogenetic table mountain situated directly above the inferred locus of the Iceland mantle plume. Kistufell is composed of the most primitive olivine tholeiitic glasses found in central Iceland (MgO 10·56 wt %, olivine Fo...

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Published in:Journal of Petrology
Main Author: BREDDAM, KRESTEN
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2002
Subjects:
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Kistufell
Table Mountain
Iceland
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/43/2/345
https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/43.2.345

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