Nb/Ta and Zr/Hf in ocean island basalts - Implications for crust-mantle differentiation and the fate of Niobium

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 158-172

  Pfänder, Jörg A ^a   Münker, Carsten ^a,b   Stracke, Andreas ^c   Mezger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

crustal recycling; HFSE; mantle evolution; Nb Ta; OIB; Zr Hf

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL RECYCLING; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MANTLE EVOLUTION;

BASALT; COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NIOBIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; HAFNIUM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; NIOBIUM; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 33846290004     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.027     Document Type: Article

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