Inferences about mantle magma sources from incompatible element concentration ratios in oceanic basalts

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 765-784

  Sims, Kenneth W W ^a,b   DePaolo, Donald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; OIB;

EID: 0030860329     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00372-9     Document Type: Article

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