Geochronological and geochemical constraints on the formation and evolution of the mantle underneath the Kaapvaal craton: Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd systematics of subcalcic garnets from highly depleted peridotites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-20

  Shu, Qiao ^a,b   Brey, Gerhard P ^a   Gerdes, Axel ^a   Hoefer, Heidi E ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATON; GARNET; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HAFNIUM; HARZBURGITE; HEAVY MINERAL; LUTETIUM; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; SAMARIUM; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

KAAPVAAL CRATON;

EID: 84876424269     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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