A complete oxygen isotope profile through the lower oceanic crust, ODP Hole 735B

Chemical Geology

Volumn 233, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 217-234

  Gao, Yongjun ^a,b,c   Hoefs, Jochen ^b   Przybilla, Reinhold ^b   Snow, Jonathan E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower oceanic crust; ODP Hole 735B; Oxygen isotope; Seawater

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEANIC CRUST; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 33748471361     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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