Mineralogical heterogeneities in the Earth's mantle: Constraints from Mn, Co, Ni and Zn partitioning during partial melting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 395-408

  Le Roux, V ^a,b   Dasgupta, R ^a   Lee, C T A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Basalts; Eclogite; Mineralogical heterogeneities; Peridotite mantle; Transition metals

Indexed keywords

BASALTIC MAGMA; BASALTIC MELTS; CLINOPYROXENES; EARTH'S MANTLE; ECLOGITES; ENDMEMBERS; ICELANDS; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; MAGMATIC SYSTEMS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MANTLE SOURCE REGION; MELT COMPOSITIONS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MINERALOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; MIXING MODELS; NI CONTENT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; OCEANIC BASALTS; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELT; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERIDOTITE MANTLE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

BASALT; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FRACTIONATION; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LITHOLOGY; MANGANESE; MELTING; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ZINC;

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COBALT; ECLOGITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOLOGY; MAGMA; MANGANESE; MANTLE SOURCE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MINERALOGY; NICKEL; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; ZINC;

EID: 79959762482     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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