Highly refractory peridotites on Macquarie Island and the case for anciently depleted domains in the Earth's mantle

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 469-493

  Dijkstra, Arjan H ^a   Sergeev, Dmitry S ^a   Spandler, Carl ^b,e   Pettke, Thomas ^b   Meisel, Thomas ^c   Cawood, Peter A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotite; Geochemistry; Ophiolite; Petrology; Re Os isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EARTH STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HARZBURGITE; MELTING; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND;

EID: 77749242714     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp084     Document Type: Article

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