Constraints from eclogite and MARID xenoliths on origins of mantle Zr/Hf-Nb/Ta variability

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1047-1062

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a,b   O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Pearson, Norman J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Eclogites; HFSE; Kimberlites; MARID xenoliths; Rutile trace elements

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ECLOGITE; FRACTIONATION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; PLAGIOCLASE; PROTOLITH; RUTILE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 80053608085     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0639-y     Document Type: Article

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