Mantle peridotites from continental rifts to ocean basins to subduction zones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 1989, Pages 297-311

  Bonatti, Enrico ^a   Michael, Peter J ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFTS; GEOCHEMICAL STUDY; OCEAN BASINS; PERIDOTITES; PETROLOGICAL STUDY; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

ATLANTIC(NORTH); ATLANTIC, PUERTO RICO TRENCH; PACIFIC, MARIANA TRENCH; PACIFIC, TONGA TRENCH; RED SEA, ZABARGAD ISLAND; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0024485930     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(89)90005-8     Document Type: Article

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