Re-Os isotopic evidence for Archean lithospheric mantle beneath the Kimberley block, Western Australia

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 431-434

  Graham, Stuart ^a   Lambert, David D ^a   Shee, Simon R ^b   Smith, Chris B ^c   Reeves, Shane ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Stockdale Prospecting Ltd   (Australia)

^c Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; RARE EARTHS; RHENIUM ALLOYS; SAMARIUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; NEODYMIUM; OLIVINE; OSMIUM; PLATINUM;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FEATURE; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MANTLE COMPONENT; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ARCHEAN; ISOCHRON AGE; ISOTOPIC DATA; PROTEROZOIC;

OSMIUM ALLOYS; ISOTOPES;

DIAMOND; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; ARCHEAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAMPROITE; MANTLE; MEGACRYST; OLIVINE; OROGENY; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [NORTHERN CAPE]; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032884240     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0431:ROIEFA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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