Lherzolite xenoliths in kimberlites and basalts: Petrogenetic and crystallochemical significance of some minor and trace elements in olivine, pyroxenes, garnet and spinel

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 181-201

  Hervig, R L ^a   Smith, J V ^a   Dawson, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aluminum; chromium; iron; lithium; nickel; potassium; scandium; sodium; titanium; vanadium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0022833110     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026359330001083X     Document Type: Article

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