Osmium isotopic compositions of Os-rich platinum group element alloys from the Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Meibom, Anders ^a   Frei, Robert ^b   Sleep, Norman H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Isotopes; Osmium; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OPHIOLITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

COAST RANGES; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542482591     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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