Geochemical constraints on depth of origin of oceanic carbonatites: The Cape Verde case

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 7261-7282

  Doucelance, Régis ^a,b,c   Hammouda, Tahar ^a,b,c   Moreira, Manuel ^b   Martins, João C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 78650178289     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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