A major and trace element and strontium, neodymium, and osmium isotopic study of a thick pyroxenite layer from the Beni Bousera Ultramafic Complex of northern Morocco

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1429-1444

  Kumar, Niraj ^a,b   Reisberg, Laurie ^a,c   Zindler, Alan ^a,d  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLETED MANTLE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PYROXENITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

MOROCCO, BENI BOUSERA MASSIF;

EID: 0029770038     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00443-2     Document Type: Article

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