Melt enrichment of shallow depleted mantle: A detailed petrological, trace element and isotopic study of mantle-derived xenoliths and megacrysts from the Cameroon line

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 415-441

  Lee, Der Chuen ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a   Davies, Gareth R ^b   Essene, Eric J ^a   Fitton, J Godfrey ^c   Temdjim, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon line; Isotopic composition; Mantle xenoliths; Megacrysts; REE; Trace element

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE; REE; XENOLITH;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0029752012     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.2.415     Document Type: Article

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