Lithium isotopes in hydrothermally altered basalts from Hengill (SW Iceland)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 411, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-71

  Verney Carron, A ^a   Vigier, N ^a   Millot, R ^b   Hardarson, B S ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c ICELAND GEOSURVEY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Basalt; Chemical weathering; Hydrothermal fluids; Iceland; Lithium isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; WEATHERING;

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ICELANDS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LITHIUM ISOTOPES; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS;

LITHIUM;

BASALT; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; MASS BALANCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERMEABILITY;

HENGILL; ICELAND;

EID: 84918812020     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.11.047     Document Type: Article

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