Os isotopic systematics in mantle xenoliths; age constraints on the Canadian Cordillera lithosphere

Chemical Geology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 85-101

  Peslier, Anne H ^a,b   Reisberg, Laurie ^b   Ludden, John ^b   Francis, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian cordillera; Crust; Mantle; Peridotite xenolith; Proterozoic; Re Os

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE; OSMIUM; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

CANADA;

EID: 0034191936     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00187-4     Document Type: Article

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