Assessing the heterogeneous source of the Azores mantle plume

• Main Author: Felix S. Genske
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified; OIB; Volcanic plumes; petrology; Mantle plumes; mantle geochemistry; stable isotopes; Volcanism > Azores; Azores islands; Mantle plumes > Azores; Azores > Geology; Volcanic plumes > Azores; Volcanism; Maria Island; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25949/19439678.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Assessing_the_heterogeneous_source_of_the_Azores_mantle_plume/19439678

The Azores islands in the central North-Atlantic are the subaerial parts of a large oceanic plateau that is best explained by the presence of a mantle plume that arrived in the vicinity of the Mid-Atlantic ridge (MAR) some 40 Ma ago. Recent volcanic activity either side of the MAR implies that this...