Hf isotopes of MARID (mica-amphibole-rutile-ilmenite-diopside) rutile trace metasomatic processes in the lithospheric mantle

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Choukroun, Mathieu ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Griffin, William L ^b,c   Pearson, Norman J ^b   Dawson, J Barry ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hafnium isotopes; Kimberlitic metasomatism; Mantle rutile; Mantle xenoliths; MARID xenoliths; South Africa lithosphere

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GARNETS; GEOLOGY; ILMENITE; ISOTOPES; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICA; ROCKS;

KIMBERLITES; METASOMATIC PROCESSES; MICA-AMPHIBOLE-RUTILE-ILMENITE-DIOPSIDE (MARID); RUTILE;

HAFNIUM;

HAFNIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METASOMATIC ROCK; RUTILE; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KIMBERLEY; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12844260782     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21084.1     Document Type: Article

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