Chondritic osmium isotopic composition of late Archean convecting upper mantle: Evidence from Zunhua podiform chromitites, Hebei, North China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2515-2520

  Xia, Qiongxia ^a   Zhi, Xiachen ^a   Li, Jianghai ^b   Huang, Xiongnan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chondritic; Convecting upper mantle; Late Archean; Os isotopic composition; Podiform chromitite

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645454548     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0156     Document Type: Article

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