Unusually large Nb-Ta depletions in North Chile ridge basalts at 36°50′ to 38°56′s: Major element, trace element, and isotopic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 223-240

  Bach, W ^a   Erzinger, J ^a,b   Dosso, L ^c   Bollinger, C ^c   Bougault, H ^c   Etoubleau, J ^c   Sauerwein, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d Inst Geowissenschaften L   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chile Ridge; Geochemistry; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Niobium; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

BASALTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MORB; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM;

PACIFIC, CHILE RIDGE;

EID: 0029851851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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