Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Basalts from Iceland and Along the Reykjanes Ridge: Sr Isotope Geochemistry

Abstract

Strontium isotope ratios in basalts demonstrate two distinct mantle sources under Iceland and the Reykjanes Ridge.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Schilling, J.-G., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A268, 663 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Gast, P. W., Geochim. cosmochim. Acta, 32, 1057 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Hart, S. R., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A268, 573 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Tatsumoto, M., Science, N.Y., 153, 1088 (1966).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Tatsumoto, M., Hedge, C. E., and Engel, A. E. J., Science, N.Y., 150, 886 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Hart, S. R., Carnegie Inst. Wash., Year Book, 70, 353 (1971).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Morgan, W. J., Nature, 230, 42 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Wilson, J. T., Phil. Trans. R. Soc., A258, 145 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Schilling, J.-G., Nature, 242, 565 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Grant, N. K., Powell, J. L., Walther, J. V., and Burkholder, F. R., Earth planet. Sci. Lett. (in the press).

  11. Burrhus, K., Carnegie Inst. Wash., Year Book, 71, 301 (1972).

    Google Scholar 

  12. O'Nions, R. K., and Gronvold, K., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 19, 397 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Hedge, C. E., and Peterman, Z. E., Contr. Mineral. Petrol., 27, 114 (1970).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. Hart, S. R., and Schilling, J.-G., EOS, 54, 484 (1973).

    Google Scholar 

  15. O'Nions, R. K., Pankhurst, R. J., Fridleifsson, I. B., and Jakobsson, S. P., Nature, 243, 213 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. Powell, J. L., and DeLong, S. E., Science, N.Y., 153, 1239 (1966).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. Vogt, P. R., Earth planet. Sci. Lett., 13, 153 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. Muehlenbachs, K., Anderson, A. T., and Sigvaldason, G. E., Geochim. cosmochim. Acta (in the press).

  19. O'Hara, M. J., Nature, 243, 507 (1973).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. Schilling, J.-G., Nature (in the press).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

HART, S., SCHILLING, JG. & POWELL, J. Basalts from Iceland and Along the Reykjanes Ridge: Sr Isotope Geochemistry. Nature Physical Science 246, 104–107 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci246104a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/physci246104a0

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing