Chromium isotope signature during continental crust subduction recorded in metamorphic rocks

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3840-3854

  Shen, Ji ^a   Liu, Jia ^a   Qin, Liping ^a,b   Wang, Shui Jiong ^c   Li, Shuguang ^a,b   Xia, Jiuxing ^a   Ke, Shan ^b   Yang, Jingsui ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

chromite; continental crust subduction; Cr isotopes; metamorphic dehydration; peridotite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CHROMIUM; DEHYDRATION; GARNETS; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; ROCKS; SILICATES;

BULK SILICATE EARTH; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CR ISOTOPES; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; MAGMA DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; PERIDOTITE;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

CHROMITE; CHROMIUM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEHYDRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84959330590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GC005944     Document Type: Article

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