Constraints on the Trace Element Composition of the Archean Mantle Root beneath Somerset Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Journal of Petrology
• Main Authors: SCHMIDBERGER, S. S., FRANCIS, D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: ARTICLES; Arctic; Canada; Somerset Island
• Online Access: http://petrology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/42/6/1095; https://doi.org/10.1093/petrology/42.6.1095

Peridotites that sample Archean mantle roots are frequently incompatible trace element enriched despite their refractory major element compositions. To constrain the trace element budget of the lithosphere beneath the Canadian craton, trace element and rare earth element (REE) abundances were determ...