Evolution of the South African mantle-a case study of garnet peridotites from the Finsch diamond mine (Kaapvaal craton); Part 2: Multiple depletion and re-enrichment processes

Lithos

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-223

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

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depletion; Hf isotopes; Kaapvaal craton; Mantle xenoliths; Metasomatism; Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METASOMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 84868642669     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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