Extreme enrichment of Sb, Tl and other trace elements in altered MORB

Chemical Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 289-299

  Jochum, K P ^a   Verma, S P ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN MATERIALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; BASALTS; MORB; SEAWATER; SEAWATER ALTERATION; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER/ROCK INTERACTION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030451669     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2541(96)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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