Recent fluid processes in the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa: Coupled oxygen isotope and trace element disequilibrium in polymict peridotites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-72

  Zhang, H F ^a,b   Mattey, D P ^a   Grassineau, N ^a   Lowry, D ^a   Brownless, M ^a   Gurney, J J ^c   Menzies, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Equilibrium; Kaapvaal craton; O 18 O 16; Peridotites; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CRATON; DISEQUILIBRIUM; MELT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034724065     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00311-8     Document Type: Article

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