The scale and origin of the osmium isotope variations in mid-ocean ridge basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 541-556

  Gannoun, A ^a   Burton, K W ^a   Parkinson, I J ^a   Alard, O ^a   Schiano, P ^b   Thomas, L E ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

boron isotopes; MORB glass; oceanic crust; osmium isotopes; rhenium; sulphides

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; RECYCLED LITHOSPHERE; UPPER MANTLE;

BORON; CONTAMINATION; OSMIUM; RADIOGENIC GASES; RHENIUM; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

BASALT;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; TRACER; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 34250877892     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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