Origins of non-equilibrium lithium isotopic fractionation in xenolithic peridotite minerals: Examples from Tanzania

Chemical Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-27

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic disequilibrium; Kinetic isotope fractionation; Li diffusion; Lithium isotopes; Magma residence; Metasomatism; Peridotite xenolith; Subsolidus Li redistribution

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; DIFFUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; METASOMATISM; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 57649207870     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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