Genesis and evolution of low-Al orthopyroxene in spinel peridotite xenoliths, Grand Canyon field, Arizona, USA

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-404

  Smith, Douglas ^a   Alexis Riter, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0001053097     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050288     Document Type: Article

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