Geochemistry of gabbro sills in the crust-mantle transition zone of the Oman ophiolite: Implications for the origin of the oceanic lower crust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 475-488

  Kelemen, Peter B ^a   Koga, Ken ^a   Shimizu, Nobu ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulates; Gabbros; Igneous rocks; Lower crust; Mid ocean ridges; Mohorovicic discontinuity; Petrology; Sills

Indexed keywords

CRUST/MANTLE BOUNDARY; CUMULATE; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOHO; OPHIOLITE;

OMAN, OMAN OPHIOLITE;

EID: 0030765390     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00235-x     Document Type: Article

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