• DOI:10.1146/ANNUREV-EARTH-040809-152450
Corpus ID: 53070176

Oceanic Island Basalts and Mantle Plumes: The Geochemical Perspective

@article{White2010OceanicIB,
  title={Oceanic Island Basalts and Mantle Plumes: The Geochemical Perspective},
  author={W. White},
  journal={Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences},
  year={2010},
  volume={38},
  pages={133-160}
}

• W. White
• Published 2010
• Geology
• Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Mantle plumes—which are usually, but not always, chemically distinct from the mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB)—may be rooted in the core-mantle boundary and begin with large voluminous heads triggering massive eruptions or be headless and arise in the mid-mantle. Geochemistry provides convincing evidence that mantle plumes are 100–300°C hotter than normal upper mantle and that upwelling rates within the melting region are faster than beneath mid-ocean ridges. 186Os/188Os hints at the possibility… Expand

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