Evidence for hydrous high-MgO melts in the Precambrian

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-146

  Stone, William E ^a   Deloule, Etienne ^b   Larson, Michelle S ^a,c   Michael Lesher, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SILICATE MINERALS; TEXTURES;

EXPERIMENTAL PHASE EQUILIBRIA; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GREENSTONE BELTS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; MINERAL INCLUSIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; RESIDUAL MELTS; ULTRAMAFIC CUMULATE; HYDROUS MELTS; MELT FRACTION;

MAGNESIA;

AMPHIBOLE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROUS MINERAL; IGNEOUS ROCK; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESSURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; HYDROUS MELT; KOMATIITE;

EID: 0030756786     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0143:EFHHMM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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