Catherine Chauvel

TL;DR: In this paper, a new method to separate and determine isotopic compositions of both Hf and Lu from various types of geological materials using MC-ICP-MS is presented.

TL;DR: The trace element pattern and the isotopic composition of himu lavas can be quantitatively modelled using a mixture of ∼ 25% old recycled morb crust and 75% mantle peridotite as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors model the hafnium and neodymium isotopic composition of oceanic basalts as a mixture of recycled oceanic crust and depleted mantle and find that recycling of basalt alone is not sufficient to reproduce the mantle array.

TL;DR: Salters et al. as discussed by the authors used high-precision rare earth element and trace element data on mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) from the Pacific Ocean basin.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a tightly controlled and comprehensive set of analytical data for the 250-Ma Siberian flood basalt province near Noril'sk and conclude that the most significant control on the geochemical and isotopic compositions of erupted lavas was processing of mantle-derived magma in crustal reservoirs during periodic replenishment, periodic tapping, continuous crystal fractionation and wallrock assimilation.