Non-chondritic HSE budget in Earth's upper mantle evidenced by abyssal peridotites from Gakkel ridge (Arctic Ocean)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 122-132

  Liu, Chuan Zhou ^a,b   Snow, Jonathan E ^b,c   Brügmann, Gerhard ^b   Hellebrand, Eric ^b,d   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

abyssal peridotites; Gakkel ridge; HSE; PUM

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; ARCTIC OCEAN; GAKKEL RIDGE; HARZBURGITES; HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; HSE; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; LOW DEGREE; MANTLE ROCKS; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; PARTIAL MELTING; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PUM; ROCK CONTENTS; SERPENTINIZATION; SILICATE MELTS; SULFIDE MELT; TIO; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BUDGET CONTROL; EROSION; IRIDIUM; LITHOLOGY; MELTING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SILICATES; SODIUM;

WEATHERING;

HARZBURGITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SERPENTINIZATION; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; UPWELLING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EURASIAN BASIN; GAKKEL RIDGE;

EID: 65649145461     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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