Lithium isotope evidence for subduction-enriched mantle in the source of mid-ocean-ridge basalts.

'Recycled' crustal materials, returned from the Earth's surface to the mantle by subduction, have long been invoked to explain compositional heterogeneity in the upper mantle. Yet increasingly, problems have been noted with this model. The debate can be definitively addressed using st...

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Glavni autori: Elliott, T, Thomas, A, Jeffcoate, A, Niu, Y
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2006