Lynne Elkins

Publications

In print:

Elkins, L.J., Gaetani, G.A., Sims., K.W.W., 2008, Partitioning of U and Th during garnet pyroxenite partial melting: Constraints on the source of alkaline ocean island basalts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 265, 270-286.

Elkins, L.J., Fischer, T.P., Hilton, D.R., Sharp, Z.D., McKnight, S., Walker, J., 2006. Tracing nitrogen in volcanic and geothermal volatiles from the Nicaraguan volcanic front, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70, 5215-5235.

In progress:

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W., Prytulak, J., Mattielli, N., Elliott, T., Blichert-Toft, J., Blusztajn, J., N. Dunbar, Devey, C., Mertz, D., Schilling, J.-G., submitted, Melt generation beneath the slow spreading Kolbeinsey Ridgefrom 238U, 230Th, and 231Pa excesses, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.

Elkins, L.J. and Sims, K.W.W., in prep., The role of changing melt productivity in the generation of mid- ocean ridge basalts, for submission to Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W., Prytulak, J., Blichert-Toft, J., Blusztajn, J., Fretzdorff, S., Reagan, M., Haase, K., Elliott, T., Humphris, S., Schilling, J.-G., in prep., Generation of 226Ra, 238U, and 230Th excesses in Arctic mid-ocean ridge basalts from the Kolbeinsey, Mohns, Knipovich, and Gakkel Ridges, for submission to Jour. Pet.

Presentations

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W., Dunbar, N., 2009, Seawater alteration of Arctic mid-ocean ridge basalts, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., V33D-2063.

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W.*, Prytulak, J., Blichert-Toft, J., Blusztajn, J., Fretzdorff, S., Haase, K., Elliott, T., Humphris, S., Schilling, J.-G., 2009, Generation of 231Pa, 226Ra, 238U, and 230Th excesses in Arctic mid-ocean ridge basalts from the Kolbeinsey, Mohns, Knipovich, and Gakkel Ridges, Plenary Lecture, 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences, Incheon Korea.

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W., Prytulak, J., Blichert-Toft, J., Mattielli, N., Elliott, T., Devey, C., Mertz, D., Kelemen, P., Murrell, M., Schilling, J.-G., 2009, (234U/238U) and (230Th/238U) disequilibria in fresh and altered Kolbeinsey Ridge basalts, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, Goldschmidt Suppl., 73 (13), Suppl. 1, A325.

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W.*, Prytulak, J., Mattielli, N., Elliott, T., Blichert-Toft, J., Devey, C., Fretzdorff, S., Mertz, D., Kelement, P., Murrell, M. Schilling, J.-G., Humphris, S., 2008, Insights into melting processes on slow-spreading ridges north of Iceland from U, Th, Ra, and Pa isotopes, IAVCEI 2008 General Assembly, 1c/1e P05.

Elkins, L.J., Sims, K.W.W., Prytulak, J., Mattielli, N., Elliott, T., Kelemen, P., Mertz, D., Devey, C., Blichert- Toft, J., Schilling, J.-G., 2007, Constraints on Melting Beneath the Slow-Spreading Kolbeinsey Ridge from 238U, 230Th, and 231Pa Excesses, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., V21B-0607.

Elkins, L.J., Gaetani, G.A., Sims, K.W.W., 2006, Mineral/melt partitioning of U and Th during partial melting of garnet pyroxenite, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, Goldschmidt Suppl., 70, (18) 159.

Elkins, L.J., Fischer, T.P., Hilton, D.R., Shaw, A.M., McKnight, S., Strauch, W., Sharp, Z., 2002. Sediment Underplating Beneath Central America: Insights From N-He, δ15N Systematics of Volatile Discharges in Nicaragua, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., V21B-1209.

Jenner, G.A.*, S.B. Shirey, D. Hyde, L.J. Elkins, B.A. Kjarsgaard, and J. Kerswill, 2002, Late Archean komatiites and BIFs, Woodburn Lake Group, Churchill Province, Nunavut, Geochim. Cosmichim. Acta 66(15A), A365.