Extreme high field strength element (HFSE) depletion and near-chondritic Nb/Ta ratios in Central Andean adakite-like lavas (~ 28°S, ~ 68°W)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 97-109

  Goss, A R ^a   Kay, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

adakites; Central Andes; eclogite melting; HFSE; ICP MS; Nb Ta

Indexed keywords

ADAKITES; CENTRAL ANDES; ECLOGITE MELTING; HFSE; ICP-MS; NB/TA;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LITHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; STRONTIUM; TECTONICS; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ANDESITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECLOGITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MELTING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60249087721     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.035     Document Type: Article

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