Ancient refractory asthenosphere revealed by mantle re-melting at the Arctic Mid Atlantic Ridge

The upper mantle is a heterogeneous mixture of refractory and recycled crustal domains. The recycled portions, more fertile and thus preferentially melted, dominate the composition of the basalts erupted on the surface, whereas the imprint of melting of the refractory counterparts is more difficult...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Main Authors: Sanfilippo A., Salters V. J. M., Sokolov S. Y., Peyve A. A., Stracke A.
Other Authors: Sanfilippo, A., Salters, V. J. M., Sokolov, S. Y., Peyve, A. A., Stracke, A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11571/1452217
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116981