238U-230Th disequilibria and mantle melting processes: A discussion

Chemical Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-104

  Condomines, Michel ^a   Sigmarsson, Olgeir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle melting; Marble cake mantle; Th Sr isotope correlation; U and Th partition coefficients

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PROCESS; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; URANIUM;

EID: 0034602854     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00125-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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