Lithospheric mantle evolution beneath the Eifel (Germany): Constraints from Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes and trace element abundances in spinel peridotite and pyroxenite xenoliths

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1077-1095

  Witt Eickschen, G ^a,b,c   Seck, H A ^a   Mezger, K ^c   Eggins, S M ^d   Altherr, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eifel; Europe; Mantle xenoliths; Metasomatism; Pb isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; SPINEL; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

EIFEL; GERMANY; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 0038682955     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.6.1077     Document Type: Article

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