Deep melting of old subducted oceanic crust recorded by superchondritic Nb/Ta in modern island arc lavas

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Konig, Stephan ^a,b   Schuth, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adakites; HFSE; Nb Ta; Slab melting; Solomon Islands; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ADAKITES; HFSE; NB/TA; SLAB MELTING; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SUBDUCTION;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MELTING;

ADAKITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; LAVA; NIOBIUM; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION; TANTALUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 78650291961     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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