High precision Hf isotope measurements of MORB and OIB by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry: insights into the depleted mantle

Chemical Geology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 211-233

  Nowell, G M ^a,b   Kempton, P D ^a   Noble, S R ^a   Fitton, J G ^c   Saunders, A D ^d   Mahoney, J J ^e   Taylor, R N ^f  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANTLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032584796     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00036-9     Document Type: Article

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