Sulfur isotope systematics and platinum group element behavior in REE-enriched metasomatic fluids: A study of mantle xenoliths from Dish Hill, California, USA

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1933-1942

  Wilson, Mark R ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^b   Fagan, Roxane ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LHERZOLITE; METASOMATISM; PGE; REE; SULPHUR ISOTOPE; XENOLITH;

USA, CALIFORNIA, DISH HILL;

EID: 0030481960     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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