Lithium isotopic composition of marine sediments

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Chan, Lui Heung ^a   Leeman, William P ^b   Plank, Terry ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Continental crust; Lithium isotope composition; Marine sediments; Sediment flux; Subducted component

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749090607     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001202     Document Type: Article

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