Mobility of tungsten in subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 82-92

  König, Stephan ^a,b   Münker, Carsten ^a,b   Schuth, Stephan ^a,c   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

arc; Cyprus; high field strength elements; Solomon Islands; subduction; tungsten

Indexed keywords

ARC; CYPRUS; HIGH FIELD STRENGTH ELEMENTS; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SUBDUCTION;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BLAST ENRICHMENT; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NIOBIUM; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; TUNGSTEN; ZIRCONIUM;

STRONTIUM;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DILUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPE; MANTLE SOURCE; MOBILITY; OCEANIC CRUST; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; TUNGSTEN; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MELANESIA; MIDDLE EAST; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 51249107319     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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