Concentration of incompatible elements in oceanic mantle: Effect of melt/wall interaction in stagnant or failed melt conduits within peridotite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 671-675

  Arai, Shoji ^a   Matsukage, Kyoko ^a   Isobe, Eiichi ^a   Vysotskiy, Sergei ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FAR EAST GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH MANTLE; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENTS; MELT/WALL INTERACTION; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MORB; OCEANIC MANTLE; PERIDOTITE;

CARIBBEAN SEA, CAYMAN TROUGH; PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030877727     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00389-4     Document Type: Letter

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