Potassium and uranium in the upper mantle controlled by Archean oceanic crust recycling

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 683-686

  Nielsen, Sune G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARCHEAN; BASALTIC LAVA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINUOUS EXTRACTION; EARLY EARTH; EARTH'S MANTLE; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LOWER MANTLE; MODEL SOLUTION; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; OCEANIC CRUST; OXIDATIVE WEATHERING; UPPER MANTLE;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTASSIUM; RECYCLING; SOIL MECHANICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

WEATHERING;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAVA; LOWER MANTLE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

EID: 77955960852     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30852.1     Document Type: Article

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