Refertilization of mantle peridotite in embryonic ocean basins: Trace element and Nd isotopic evidence and implications for crust-mantle relationships

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 293-308

  Müntener, Othmar ^a   Pettke, Thomas ^b   Desmurs, Laurent ^b   Meier, Martin ^b   Schaltegger, Urs ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crust mantle relationships; Melt rock reaction; Nd isotopes; Ocean continent transition; Plagioclase peridotite

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; OCEAN BASIN; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS;

EID: 2342438188     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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