Chromium isotope variations (δ53/52Cr) in mantle-derived sources and their weathering products: Implications for environmental studies and the evolution of δ53/52Cr in the Earth's mantle over geologic time

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-92

  Farkaš, Juraj ^a   Chrastný, Vladislav ^a   Novák, Martin ^a   Čadkova, Eva ^a   Pašava, Jan ^a   Chakrabarti, Ramananda ^b,c   Jacobsen, Stein B ^b   Ackerman, Lukáš ^a,d   Bullen, Thomas D ^e  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHROMITE; CHROMIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; SERPENTINE; SERPENTINIZATION; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

EID: 84885813303     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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