186Os and 187Os enrichments and high-3He/4He sources in the Earth's mantle: Evidence from Icelandic picrites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 4570-4591

  Brandon, Alan D ^a   Graham, David W ^b   Waight, Tod ^c   Gautason, Bjarni ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; ENRICHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PICRITE; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 34548525941     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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