In search of a hidden long-term isolated sub-chondritic 142Nd/144Nd reservoir in the deep mantle: Implications for the Nd isotope systematics of the Earth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 738-750

  Murphy, David Thomas ^a   Brandon, Alan D ^b   Debaille, Vinciane ^c   Burgess, Ray ^d   Ballentine, Chris ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; MASS BALANCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; UPPER MANTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GOUGH ISLAND; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; ICELAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SAINT HELENA; SCANDINAVIA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70649086245     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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