Extremely light Li in orogenic eclogites: The role of isotope fractionation during dehydration in subducted oceanic crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 279-290

  Zack, Thomas ^a   Tomascak, Paul B ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a   Dalpé, Claude ^a   McDonough, William F ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Fractionation; Isotopes; Lithium; Subduction

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; ECLOGITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; METAMORPHISM; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION;

SWITZERLAND; TRESCOLMEN;

EID: 0037473271     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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