Methodology for the study of melt inclusions in Cr-spinel, and implications for parental melts of MORB from FAMOUS area

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 479-486

  Kamenetsky, Vadim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chrome spinel; Experimental studies; FAMOUS; Inclusions; Melts; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Olivine; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BASALTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA COMPOSITION; MELT INCLUSION; MORB; OLIVINE; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE; SPINEL;

ATLANTIC, FAMOUS AREA;

EID: 0030434666     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00117-3     Document Type: Article

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