The lithium isotopic composition of orogenic eclogites and deep subducted slabs

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 563-580

  Marschall, Horst R ^a   Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A E ^a   Seitz, Hans Michael ^b   Elliott, Tim ^a   Niu, Yaoling ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eclogite; high pressure; lithium isotopes; modelling; subduction zone

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; OROGENIC ECLOGITES; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

BASALT; DEHYDRATION; FRACTIONATION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

LITHIUM;

ECLOGITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHIUM; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 35148829119     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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