Stochastic melting of the marble cake mantle: evidence from local study of the East Pacific Rise at 12°50′N

Alain Prinzhofer; Éric Lewin; C.J. Allègre

doi:10.1016/0012-821x(89)90046-0

journal article Mar 01, 1989

Stochastic melting of the marble cake mantle: evidence from local study of the East Pacific Rise at 12°50′N

Alain Prinzhofer Éric Lewin C.J. Allègre

Earth and Planetary Science Letters Vol. 92 No. 2 pp. 189-206 · Elsevier BV

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Alain Prinzhofer, Éric Lewin, C.J. Allègre (1989). Stochastic melting of the marble cake mantle: evidence from local study of the East Pacific Rise at 12°50′N. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 92(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(89)90046-0

Stochastic melting of the marble cake mantle: evidence from local study of the East Pacific Rise at 12°50′N

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