Proterozoic lithosphere in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Re-Os systematics of spinel peridotite xenoliths

Chemical Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 131-145

  Handler, Monica R ^a   Wysoczanski, Richard J ^b   Gamble, John A ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continental lithospheric mantle; Marie Byrd Land; Re Os isotopes; West Antarctica; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SPINEL; XENOLITH;

ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND;

EID: 0037447968     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00410-2     Document Type: Article

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