Highly siderophile element composition of the Earth's primitive upper mantle: Constraints from new data on peridotite massifs and xenoliths

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4528-4550

  Becker, H ^a,b   Horan, M F ^c   Walker, R J ^a   Gao, S ^d   Lorand, J P ^e   Rudnick, R L ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; HARZBURGITE; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

EID: 33747776779     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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