Sulfide and whole rock Re-Os systematics of eclogite and pyroxenite xenoliths from the Slave Craton, Canada

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 48-58

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Pearson, Norm J ^b   Simonetti, Stefanie S ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Griffin, William L ^b   Stachel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

eclogite; kimberlite borne xenolith; pyroxenite; Re Os isotopes; Slave Craton; sulfide petrology

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; KIMBERLITE-BORNE XENOLITH; PYROXENITE; RE-OS ISOTOPES; SLAVE CRATON; SULFIDE PETROLOGY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LUTETIUM; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; NICKEL; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

OSMIUM;

ECLOGITE; KIMBERLITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PETROLOGY; PYROXENITE; RHENIUM; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67349101012     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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