Lithospheric controls on magma composition along Earth’s longest continental hotspot track

D. R. Davies (), N. Rawlinson, G. Iaffaldano and I. H. Campbell
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D. R. Davies: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
N. Rawlinson: School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
G. Iaffaldano: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
I. H. Campbell: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University

Nature, 2015, vol. 525, issue 7570, 511-514

Abstract: A 2,000-kilometre-long volcanic hotspot track is identified in eastern Australia, along which magma composition and volcanic outcrop show a strong correlation with lithospheric thickness, providing an observational constraint on the sub-continental melting depth of mantle plumes.

Date: 2015
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