Compositional Evolution of the Mantle

Treatise on Geochemistry

Volumn 2-9, Issue , 2003, Pages 493-519

  Bennett, V C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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BASALT;

ABYSSAL PERIDOTITES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL HETEROGENEITIES; COMPOSITION OF THE MANTLES; COMPOSITIONAL EVOLUTION; METALLIC CORES; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN-ISLAND BASALTS; PERIDOTITE XENOLITHS; RADIOGENICS;

SILICATES;

EID: 84942411805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-043751-6/02013-2     Document Type: Chapter

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