Outputs (2)

Bulk-rock major and trace element compositions of abyssal peridotites: Implications for mantle melting, melt extraction and post-melting processes beneath ocean ridges (2004)
Journal Article
Niu, Y. (2004). Bulk-rock major and trace element compositions of abyssal peridotites: Implications for mantle melting, melt extraction and post-melting processes beneath ocean ridges. Journal of Petrology, 45(12), 2423-2458. https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egh068

This paper presents the first comprehensive major and trace element data for ~ 130 abyssal peridotite samples from the Pacific and Indian ocean ridge-transforms systems. The data reveal important features about the petrogenesis of these rocks, mantle... Read More about Bulk-rock major and trace element compositions of abyssal peridotites: Implications for mantle melting, melt extraction and post-melting processes beneath ocean ridges.

Ridge suction drives plume-ridge interactions (2004)
Book Chapter
Niu, Y., & Hékinian, R. (2004). Ridge suction drives plume-ridge interactions. In R. Hékinian, P. Stoffers, & J. Cheminée (Eds.), Oceanic hotspots : intraplate submarine magmatism and tectonism (285-307). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18782-7_10

Deep-sourced mantle plumes, if existing, are genetically independent of plate tectonics. When the ascending plumes approach lithospheric plates, interactions between the two occur. Such interactions are most prominent near ocean ridges where the lith... Read More about Ridge suction drives plume-ridge interactions.