Homogeneous superchondritic 142Nd/144Nd in the mid-ocean ridge basalt and ocean island basalt mantle

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Jackson, Matthew G ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

early Earth; mantle geochemistry; MORB; OIB; plume

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LEAD COMPOUNDS; METEORITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

EARLY EARTH; HIGH-PRECISION; MANTLE DERIVED LAVA; MANTLE GEOCHEMISTRIES; MID OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS; MORB; OCEAN ISLAND BASALTS; PLUME;

NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCRETION; ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PRECISION; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 84862513777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004114     Document Type: Article

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