Search for the mantle nitrogen in the ultramafic xenoliths from San Carlos, Arizona

Chemical Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 305-320

  Mohapatra, R K ^a   Murty, S V S ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Noble gases; Recycled component; Sub continental mantle; Ultramafic xenoliths

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; NOBLE GAS; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034719854     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(99)00148-5     Document Type: Article

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