Minerals and rocks have distinct 87Sr/86Sr and 143Nd/144Nd ratios, depending on their geological origin and ages, and these isotope ratios are less altered than elemental composition during transport in the atmosphere...
This work was supported by the Baren Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No: 49925308 & 40421303).
Mantle xenoliths hosted in Tertiary alkali basalts in Yangyuan, Hebei Province, located to the west of the Taihangshan gravity lineament, include lherzolites, harzburgites and pyroxenite. In the plot of olivine mode v...