The 226Ra enrichment in oceanic basalts: Evidence for meltcumulate diffusive interaction processes within the oceanic lithosphere

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Saal, Alberto E ^a   Van Orman, James A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Oceanic basalts; U series

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944363174     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GC000620     Document Type: Article

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