Melting experiments on anhydrous peridotite KLB-1: Compositions of magmas in the upper mantle and transition zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 8271-8295

  Herzberg, Claude ^a,b   Zhang, Jianzhong ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA COMPOSITION; MANTLE (UPPER); MELTING EXPERIMENT; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 0029772078     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00170     Document Type: Article

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