Geochemistry of xenolithic eclogites from West Africa, part I: A link between low MgO eclogites and archean crust formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1499-1527

  Barth, Matthias G ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a   Horn, Ingo ^a   McDonough, William F ^a   Spicuzza, Michael J ^b   Valley, John W ^b   Haggerty, Stephen E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; XENOLITH;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0035000108     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00626-8     Document Type: Article

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