Os isotopes and highly siderophile elements (HSE) in the Ligurian ophiolites, Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 119-132

  Snow, Jonathan E ^a   Schmidt, Gerhard ^b   Rampone, Elisabetta ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Isotope ratios; Ligurian Apennines; Ophiolite; Osmium; Siderophile elements

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OPHIOLITE; OSMIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

ITALY;

EID: 0034731829     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00280-0     Document Type: Article

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