Chemical heterogeneity in the upper mantle recorded by peridotites and chromitites from the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 226-237

  O'Driscoll, Brian ^a   Day, James M D ^b,c   Walker, Richard J ^c   Daly, J Stephen ^d   McDonough, William F ^c   Piccoli, Philip M ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Highly siderophile elements; Mantle heterogeneity; Melt depletion; Os isotopes; Shetland Ophiolite Complex

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CHEMICAL COMPLEXITY; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; CHROMITITES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL HETEROGENEITY; HARZBURGITES; HIGHLY SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; MAGMATIC SIGNATURES; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; MANTLE ROCKS; MELT DEPLETION; MELT EXTRACTION; MELT FLOW; OCEAN PLATES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE COMPLEX; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCOTLAND; UPPER LIMITS; UPPER MANTLE;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMITITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; RHENIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861208360     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.035     Document Type: Article

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