The U, Th and Pb elemental and isotope compositions of mantle clinopyroxenes and their grain boundary contamination derived from leaching and digestion experiments

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 469-488

  Wittig, Nadine ^a,b   Pearson, D Graham ^a   Downes, Hilary ^c   Baker, Joel A ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN BOUNDARY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEACHING; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; THORIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749171166     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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