Picrite evidence for more Fe in Archean mantle reservoirs

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 197-213

  Francis, Don ^a   Ludden, John ^b   Johnstone, Robert ^c   Davis, William ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c Nat Rsrc Canada 580 Booth Street   (Canada)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archean; Geochemistry; Iron rich composition; Mantle; Picrite; Rare earths

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PICRITE;

EID: 0033561779     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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