Constraints on the composition of the continental lithospheric mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 1-18

  McDonough, W F ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; HARZBURGITE; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; LHERZOLITE; MAJOR ELEMENT; MANTLE (UPPER); PETROGENESIS; SPINEL; TRACE ELEMENT; UNDERPLATING; XENOLITH;

EID: 0025588563     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(90)90119-I     Document Type: Article

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