Global distribution of the HIMU end member: Formation through Archean plume-lid tectonics

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Homrighausen, Stephan, Hoernle, Kaj, Hauff, Folkmar, Geldmacher, Jörg, Wartho, Jo-Anne, van den Bogaard, Paul, Garbe-Schönberg, Dieter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Austral; Pacific; St. Helena; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42981/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42981/1/Homrighausen.pdf; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/42981/7/Homrighausen.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.04.009

Oceanic basalts reflect the heterogeneities in the earth's mantle, which can be explained by five mantle end members. The HIMU end member, characterized by high time-integrated μ (238U/204Pb), is defined by the composition of lavas from the ocean islands of St. Helena, South Atlantic Ocean and...