Nitrogen in peridotite xenoliths: Lithophile behavior and magmatic isotope fractionation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4843-4861

  Yokochi, Reika ^a   Marty, Bernard ^b   Chazot, Gilles ^c,d   Burnard, Pete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CLINOPYROXENE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; NITROGEN; PERIDOTITE; PHLOGOPITE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); XENOLITH;

EID: 67650081096     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.05.054     Document Type: Article

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