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Isotopic constraints on the origin of Hawaiian lavas from the Maui Volcanic Complex, Hawaii

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Strontium, neodymium and lead isotopic data for samples from five volcanoes of the Maui Volcanic Complex, Hawaii, span nearly the total compositional range previously recognized for the Hawaiian islands. These data reveal a systematic compositional continuum for Hawaiian tholeiites which is interpreted to result from partial melting of a variably mixed two-component mantle plume source. In contrast, post-shield-building alkalic cap lavas define distinct compositional trends which appear to result from time- and volume-dependent binary mixing between Hawaiian plume melts and a depleted mantle component.

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    Present address: Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, washington, DC, 20015, USA

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    H. B. West & W. P. Leeman

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  3. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA

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West, H., Gerlach, D., Leeman, W. et al. Isotopic constraints on the origin of Hawaiian lavas from the Maui Volcanic Complex, Hawaii. Nature 330, 216–220 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/330216a0

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