Iron isotope tracing of mantle heterogeneity within the source regions of oceanic basalts

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 404, Issue , 2014, Pages 396-407

  Williams, Helen M ^a   Bizimis, Michael ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Iron isotope; Peridotite; Primitive mantle; Pyroxenite

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXTRACTION; HAFNIUM; IRON; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MELTING; METAL MELTING; MINERALS; PETROLOGY; RECYCLING; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

HAWAII; IRON ISOTOPES; PERIDOTITE; PRIMITIVE MANTLE; PYROXENITE;

STRONTIUM;

BASALT; HETEROGENEITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921024457     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.033     Document Type: Article

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