Li and δ7Li in mudrocks from the British Caledonides: Metamorphism and source influences

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7325-7340

  Qiu, Lin ^a   Rudnick, Roberta L ^a   McDonough, William F ^a   Merriman, Richard J ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; GREENSCHIST FACIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAURENTIA; LITHIUM; METAMORPHISM; MUDSTONE; PALEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHALE; WEATHERING;

CALEDONIDES; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449102367     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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