Mineralogy of the mid-ocean-ridge basalt source from neodymium isotopic composition of abyssal peridotites

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6893, 2002, Pages 68-72

  Salters, Vincent J M ^a   Dick, Henry J B ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MELTING; NEODYMIUM; ROCKS;

OCEAN RIDGES;

MINERALOGY;

NEODYMIUM;

ABYSSAL ZONE; MANTLE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; MINERALOGY; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037019305     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00798     Document Type: Article

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