Silicon isotopes in granulite xenoliths: Insights into isotopic fractionation during igneous processes and the composition of the deep continental crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 365, Issue , 2013, Pages 221-231

  Savage, Paul S ^a,b   Georg, R Bastian ^c   Williams, Helen M ^d   Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFC; Granulite xenoliths; Igneous processes; Lower continental crust; Silicon isotopes

Indexed keywords

AFC; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; GRANULITE XENOLITHS; IGNEOUS PROCESSES; SILICON ISOTOPES;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SILICA; SILICON;

ISOTOPES;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANULITE FACIES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; SILICON; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874503053     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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