Elemental and Nd-isotope systematics of the Upper Basalt Unit, 2.7Ga Kambalda Sequence: Quantitative modeling of progressive crustal contamination of plume asthenosphere

Chemical Geology

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 193-211

  Said, Nuru ^a   Kerrich, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilation fractional crystalisation; Asthenoshere plume; Black Flag Group; Cratonic mantle lithosphere; Geochemistry; Kalgoorlie Terrane; Upper Basalt

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KOMATIITE; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTIAL MELTING;

AUSTRALIA; KALGOORLIE TERRANE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 77952288075     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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