Noble gas and carbon isotopic signatures of Cape Verde oceanic carbonatites: Implications for carbon provenance

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 70-83

  Mata, João ^a,b   Moreira, Manuel ^c   Doucelance, Régis ^c,d,e   Ader, Magali ^c   Silva, Luís C ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f Instituto de Investigação Científica e Tropical   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; carbon isotopes; carbonatites; deep Earth carbon cycle; mantle plume; noble gases

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATITES; MANTLE PLUME; NOBLE GAS;

APATITE; BARIUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON; NEON; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RECYCLING; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL PLUMES; XENON;

INERT GASES;

APATITE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CARBONATITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NOBLE GAS; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PETROGENESIS; PROVENANCE; REACTION KINETICS;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 76149131304     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.052     Document Type: Article

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