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Origin of Hawaiian tholeiite and alkalic basalt

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Haleakala Volcano consists of a tholeiitic basalt shield overlain by alkalic lavas. As a function of decreasing age, La/Ce, Ba/La, Nb/La, Rb/Sr and 143Nd/144Nd increase but Sm/Nd and 87Sr/86Sr decrease. Inverse correlations between these isotopic ratios and their respective parent/daughter abundance ratios are consistent with mixing of melts derived from an enriched mantle composition with melts formed by <1% melting of a mid-ocean ridge basalt source.

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Chen, CY., Frey, F. Origin of Hawaiian tholeiite and alkalic basalt. Nature 302, 785–789 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302785a0

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