The "zircon effect" as recorded by the chemical and Hf isotopic compositions of Lesser Antilles forearc sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 86-99

  Carpentier, Marion ^a   Chauvel, Catherine ^a   Maury, René C ^b   Mattielli, Nadine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hf Sr isotopes; Lesser Antilles; major and trace elements; oceanic sediments; zircon effect

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC CARBONATES; BIOGENIC SILICA; BIOLOGIC ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL MATERIALS; CONTINENTAL PLATFORMS; ENDMEMBERS; FOREARC; HF ISOTOPE; HF-SR ISOTOPES; HIGH-FIELD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC DATA; LESSER ANTILLES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; ND ISOTOPES; OCEAN FLOOR; OCEANIC SEDIMENTS; QUARTZ-ARENITE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CLAY MINERALS; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON; ZIRCONIUM;

HAFNIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FOREARC BASIN; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZIRCON;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 70349467727     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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