Platinum group elements in mantle xenoliths from eastern China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 87-101

  Orberger, B ^a,d   Xu, Y ^b   Reeves, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

China; Mantle metasomatism; Platinum group elements; Subcontinental mantle; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; XENOLITH;

CHINA;

EID: 0032582906     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00138-3     Document Type: Article

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