Magnesium and iron isotopes in 2.7 Ga Alexo komatiites: Mantle signatures, no evidence for Soret diffusion, and identification of diffusive transport in zoned olivine

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3274-3291

  Dauphas, Nicolas ^a   Teng, Fang Zhen ^b   Arndt, Nicholas T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; KOMATIITE; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING;

CANADA;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 77952287935     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.02.031     Document Type: Article

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