Oxygen thermobarometry of the Semail harzburgite massif, Oman and United Arab Emirates

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-163

  Nasir, Sobhi ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Oman; Oxygen fugacity; Semail massif; Thermobarometry; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

OMAN; OXYGEN FUGACITY; SEMAIL MASSIFS; THERMOBAROMETRY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; HARZBURGITE; MANTLE ROCK; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PERIDOTITE; SPINEL;

OMAN, SEMAIL MASSIF; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SEMAIL MASSIF;

EID: 0029749979     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/8/1/0153     Document Type: Article

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