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Ocean rises are products of variable mantle composition, temperature and focused melting
Dick, H.J.B.; Zhou, H. (2015). Ocean rises are products of variable mantle composition, temperature and focused melting. Nature Geoscience 8(1): 68-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2318
In: Nature Geoscience. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1752-0894; e-ISSN 1752-0908, more
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  • Dick, H.J.B.
  • Zhou, H.

Abstract
    The composition of mid-ocean ridge basalts varies with the properties of the mantle that feeds the ridges. Thermodynamic calculations of melt evolution suggest that most of the mantle melting occurs by an overlooked mechanism, focused melting.

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