Osmium-strontium-neodymium-lead isotopic covariations in mid-ocean ridge basalt glasses and the heterogeneity of the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 363-379

  Schiano, Pierre ^a   Birck, Jean Louis ^a   Allègre, Claude J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Mixing; Osmium; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

BASALTS; GLASS; HETEROGENEITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC DATA; MORB; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 0031404576     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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