Resolving mantle components in oceanic lavas from segment E2 of the East Scotia back-arc ridge, South Sandwich Islands

• Main Authors: Harrison, D., Leat, P.T., Burnard, P.G., Turner, G., Fretzdorff, S., Millar, I.
• Other Authors: Larter, R.D.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Bouvet; Bouvet Island; East Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17641/

The East Scotia Ridge, situated in the South Atlantic, is the back-arc spreading centre to the intra-oceanic South Sandwich arc. Samples from the ridge show a wide diversity in erupted magma compositions. Segment E2, in the northern part of the ridge, has an axial topographic high, which contrasts w...