HFSE systematics of rutile-bearing eclogites: New insights into subduction zone processes and implications for the earth's HFSE budget

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 455-468

  Schmidt, Alexander ^a   Weyer, Stefan ^a   John, Timm ^b   Brey, Gerhard P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; ECLOGITE; ENRICHMENT; GARNET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS BALANCE; NIOBIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; RUTILE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TANTALUM; ZONING;

EID: 57749178163     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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