Isotopic decoupling during porous melt flow: A case-study in the Lherz peridotite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-85

  Le Roux, V ^a,b   Bodinier, J L ^a   Alard, O ^a   O'Reilly, S Y ^b   Griffin, W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diffusion; isotopic decoupling; Lherz peridotites; melt transport; melt rock reaction

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; CRITICAL PARAMETERS; DIFFUSIVITIES; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; HARZBURGITE; HARZBURGITES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC DECOUPLING; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; LHERZ PERIDOTITES; MANTLE ROCKS; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MELT TRANSPORT; MELT-ROCK REACTION; POROUS FLOWS; POROUS MELT FLOWS; PROTOLITH; SOLID-LIQUID INTERACTIONS; TIME INTEGRATIONS;

DIFFUSION; HAFNIUM; NEODYMIUM; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); ROCKS; SOLVENTS; STRONTIUM;

ISOTOPES;

HARZBURGITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARENT MATERIAL; PERCOLATION; POROUS MEDIUM; XENOLITH;

ARIEGE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LHERZ MASSIF; MIDI-PYRENEES; PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60249101909     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.033     Document Type: Article

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