The geochemistry of the volatile trace elements As, Cd, Ga, In and Sn in the Earth's mantle: New evidence from in situ analyses of mantle xenoliths

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1755-1778

  Witt Eickschen, G ^a   Palme, H ^a   O'Neill, H St C ^b   Allen, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

EID: 60449097168     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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