Primitive basaltic melts included in podiform chromites from the Oman Ophiolite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 489-497

  Schiano, Pierre ^a   Clocchiatti, Robert ^b   Lorand, Jean Pierre ^c   Massare, Dominique ^b   Deloule, Etienne ^d   Chaussidon, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromite; High temperature; Mineral inclusions; Ophiolite; Podiform deposits; Semail Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; MINERAL INCLUSION; OPHIOLITE; PODIFORM DEPOSIT;

OMAN, SEMAIL MASSIF;

EID: 0030813455     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00254-3     Document Type: Article

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