Chondritic magnesium isotopic composition of the terrestrial mantle: A case study of peridotite xenoliths from the North China craton

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 475-482

  Yang, Wei ^a,b   Teng, Fang Zhen ^b   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

magnesium isotopes; olivine; peridotite; pyroxene; terrestrial mantle; the North China craton

Indexed keywords

ALLENDE; AVERAGE VALUES; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLINOPYROXENES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; MANTLE TEMPERATURES; MG ISOTOPES; MURCHISON; NORTH CHINA CRATON; OCEANIC BASALTS; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; PYROXENE; ROCK INTERACTION; SMALL VARIATIONS;

BASALT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM; METEORITES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

ISOTOPES;

CHONDRITE; CLINOPYROXENE; DIFFUSION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; METASOMATISM; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 70449707092     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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