Evolution of the South African mantle - A case study of garnet peridotites from the Finsch diamond mine (Kaapvaal craton); part 1: Inter-mineral trace element and isotopic equilibrium

Lithos

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-209

  Lazarov, Marina ^a   Brey, Gerhard P ^a   Weyer, Stefan ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kaapvaal craton; Lu Hf isotopes; Mantle xenoliths; Mineral equilibrium; Partitioning; Sm Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASOMATISM; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; TRACE ELEMENT;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 84868641084     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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