Multidisciplinary study on petit-spot : Clarification about revelation of heterogeneity in the Pacific upper mantle and magma genesis

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Mineralogical and geochemical investigations for basalts from new type volcanoes "petit-spot" were conducted. Investigations clarify that a small-scale heterogeneity of upper mantle, wide-spreading across the Pacific Ocean, was caused by the recycled continental plate materials, that are variable more than expected. Furthermore, it was confirmed that the petit-spot magmatism is a common phenomenon within the Pacific Ocean. Geochemical variations of magma indicate that different source materials and/or isolated process leading from magma genesis to eruption for each small volcano.