Copper enrichment in arc magmas controlled by overriding plate thickness

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-46

  Chiaradia, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84893742306     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2028     Document Type: Article

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