Pt-Re-Os and Sm-Nd isotope and HSE and REE systematics of the 2.7 Ga Belingwe and Abitibi komatiites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6367-6389

  Puchtel, I S ^a   Walker, R J ^a   Brandon, A D ^b   Nisbet, E G ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; KOMATIITE; LAVA FLOW; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATINUM; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHENIUM; SAMARIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

ABITIBI BELT; AFRICA; BELINGWE GREENSTONE BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 69849091667     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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