Thallium isotopes as a potential tracer for the origin of cratonic eclogites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7387-7398

  Nielsen, Sune G ^a,b   Williams, Helen M ^a,b   Griffin, William L ^a   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Pearson, Norman ^a   Viljoen, Fanus ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OCEANIC CRUST; THALLIUM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70449112352     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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