Dehydration and partial melting in subduction zones: Constraints from U-series disequilibria

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Bourdon, Bernard ^a   Turner, Simon ^b   Dosseto, Anthony ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Melting; Subduction zone; Timescale; U series

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PARTIAL MELTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; URANIUM ISOTOPE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 18244422849     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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