Magnesium isotope fractionation processes during seafloor serpentinization and implications for serpentinite subduction

Nielsen, Sune G.; Klein, Frieder; Marschall, Horst R.; Pogge von Strandmann, Philip A. E.; Auro, Maureen

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-15-1143-2024

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Magnesium isotope fractionation processes during seafloor serpentinization and implications for serpentinite subduction

Sune G. Nielsen, Frieder Klein, Horst R. Marschall, Philip A. E. Pogge von Strandmann, and Maureen Auro

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