Storage and mobility of nitrogen in the continental crust: Evidence from partially melted metasedimentary rocks, Mt. Stafford, Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 281, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 211-226

  Palya, Annie P ^a   Buick, Ian S ^b   Bebout, Gray E ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Isotope fractionation; Migmatite; Mount Stafford; Nitrogen isotopes; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MIGMATITE; MOUNT STAFFORD; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PARTIAL MELTING;

BARIUM; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FELDSPAR; GALLIUM; GRAPHITE; ISOTOPES; MELTING; MICA; MOUNTINGS; NITROGEN; ROCKS; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

MINERALS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GREENSCHIST; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MIGMATITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTOLITH; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOURMALINE; VOLATILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT STAFFORD; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

LILE;

EID: 79551644207     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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