Mantle upwelling and metasomatism beneath Central Europe: Geochemical and isotopic constraints from mantle xenoliths from the Rhön (Germany)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-493

  Witt Eickschen, Gudrun ^a   Kramm, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic mantle metasomatism; Mantle upwelling; Mantle xenoliths; Rh n; Sr Nd isotopes

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE UPWELLING; METASOMATISM; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

GERMANY, BAVARIA RHON MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030827125     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.4.479     Document Type: Article

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