Implications of Nb/U, Th/U and Sm/Nd in plume magmas for the relationship between continental and oceanic crust formation and the development of the depleted mantle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1651-1661

  Campbell, Ian H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; KOMATIITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NEODYMIUM; NIOBIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE; SAMARIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0036095450     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00856-0     Document Type: Article

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