Subcontinental lithospheric mantle origin of high niobium/tantalum ratios in eclogites

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 468-472

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^b   Griffin, William L ^b   Pearson, Norman J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 57749174724     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo226     Document Type: Article

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