The evolution of the upper mantle beneath the Canary Islands: Information from trace elements and Sr isotope ratios in minerals in mantle xenoliths

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2573-2612

  Neumann, Else Ragnhild ^a   Griffin, William Lindsey ^b,c   Pearson, Norman J ^b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonatite metasomatism; Depletion; Mantle minerals; Mantle xenoliths; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 10344227209     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh063     Document Type: Review

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