Nb-Ta fractionation by partial melting at the titanite-rutile transition

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-45

  John, Timm ^a   Klemd, Reiner ^b   Klemme, Stephan ^a   Pfänder, Jörg A ^c   Hoffmann, J Elis ^d,e   Gao, Jun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Eclogite; Nb Ta; Partial melting; Rutile; Subduction zone; Titanite

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NIOBIUM; PARTIAL MELTING; RUTILE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TANTALUM; TITANITE;

EID: 78650738653     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0520-4     Document Type: Article

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