Diffusion-limited REE uptake by eclogite garnets and its consequences for Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd geochronology

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 703-720

  Skora, Susanne ^a   Baumgartner, Lukas P ^a   Mahlen, Nancy J ^b   Johnson, Clark M ^b   Pilet, Sébastien ^a,d   Hellebrand, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ECLOGITE; GARNET; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EID: 33750996122     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0128-x     Document Type: Article

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