Garnet lherzolite xenoliths in the kimberlites of northern Lesotho: revised P-T equilibration conditions and upper mantle Palaeogeotherm

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 473-487

  Carswell, D A ^a   Gibb, F G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0023509051     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: 14320967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00375325     Document Type: Article

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