Anomalous sulphur isotopes in plume lavas reveal deep mantle storage of Archaean crust

Nature

Volumn 496, Issue 7446, 2013, Pages 490-493

  Cabral, Rita A ^a   Jackson, Matthew G ^b   Rose Koga, Estelle F ^b   Koga, Kenneth T ^c,d   Whitehouse, Martin J ^e   Antonelli, Michael A ^e   Farquhar, James ^f   Day, James M D ^f   Hauri, Erik H ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; DATA ACQUISITION; HOT SPOT; LAVA; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; OCEANIC CRUST; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RESIDENCE TIME; SULFIDE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; UPWELLING;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERE; LOW TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLUME; PLUME LAVAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COOK ISLANDS; MANGAIA;

EID: 84876786923     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12020     Document Type: Article

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