Geochemistry of garnet peridotite massifs from lower Austria and the composition of deep lithosphere beneath a Palaeozoic convergent plate margin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 49-65

  Backer, Harry ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garnet peridotite; Geochemistry; Lower Austria; Subduction; Ultramafic massif

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; GARNET; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERE; PERIDOTITE; SUBDUCTION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0030441690     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2541(96)00089-7     Document Type: Article

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