Nitrogen isotopes of the mantle: Insights from mineral separates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Fischer, Tobias P ^a   Takahata, Naoto ^b   Sano, Yuji ^b   Sumino, Hirochika ^b   Hilton, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRUSHING; DEGASSING; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; RECYCLING; SAMPLING; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

IN-VACUO CRUSHING; MAGMA DEGASSING; MANTLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SURFACE RECYCLING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; XENOLITH;

EID: 23844472928     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022792     Document Type: Article

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