Re-Os, Sm-Nd isotope- and REE systematics on ultramafic rocks and pillow basalts from the Earth's oldest oceanic crustal fragments (Isua Supracrustal Belt and Ujaragssuit nunât area, W Greenland)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 163-191

  Frei, Robert ^a,b   Jensen, Brian Kastbjerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Isua Supracrustal Belt; Komatiites; Mantle evolution; Pillow basalts; Re Os; REE; Sm Nd; Ultramafic rocks

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; MANTLE SOURCE; OCEANIC CRUST; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHENIUM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

(WEST); GREENLAND;

EID: 0037448039     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00412-6     Document Type: Article

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