The Mg isotopic systematics of granitoids in continental arcs and implications for the role of chemical weathering in crust formation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 49, 2009, Pages 20652-20657

  Shen, Bing ^a   Jacobsen, Benjamin ^b   Lee, Cin Ty A ^a   Yin, Qing Zhu ^b   Morton, Douglas M ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batholith; California; Granite; Isotope; Magnesium

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; SILICON; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GRANITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; WEATHERING;

EID: 73949094301     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910663106     Document Type: Article

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