Light Stable Isotopic Compositions of Enriched Mantle Sources: Resolving the Dehydration Paradox: EMORB VOLATILES AND STABLE ISOTOPES
- Award ID(s):
- 1634421
- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10046504
- Journal Name:
- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
- Volume:
- 18
- Issue:
- 11
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- 3801 to 3839
- ISSN:
- 1525-2027
- Publisher:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.1029
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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