Basaltic liquids and harzburgitic residues in the Garrett Transform: A case study at fast-spreading ridges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 243-258

  Niu, Yaoling ^a   Hékinian, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Harzburgite; Mantle; Melts; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

BASALTS; HARZBURGITE; MELTING; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MORB; PERIDOTITE;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE, GARRETT TRANSFORM;

EID: 0030822932     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00218-x     Document Type: Article

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