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Strontium isotope variations in basalts from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Azores Islands support the Azores mantle plume model. The similarity of isotope ratios in Mid-Atlantic Ridge tholeiites from the Azores platform and Azores Islands alkali basalts implies that these different magma types are derived from the same mantle source but under different conditions of origin.
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White, W., Schilling, JG. & Hart, S. Evidence for the Azores mantle plume from strontium isotope geochemistry of the Central North Atlantic. Nature 263, 659–663 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263659a0
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