A global overview of isotopic heterogeneities in the oceanic mantle

Lithos

Volumn 148, Issue , 2012, Pages 247-261

  Rampone, Elisabetta ^a   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine Apennine ophiolites; Isotopic equilibrium; Oceanic crust; Oceanic peridotites; Upper mantle isotopic heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DELAMINATION; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE CONVECTION; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 84863694938     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.06.018     Document Type: Review

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