Minor elements in olivine from spinel lherzolite xenoliths: Implications for thermobarometry

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-269

  O'Reilly, Suzanne Y ^a   Chen, D ^a,b   Griffin, W L ^a,c   Ryan, C G ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Garnet lherzolite; Mantle; Minor elements; Olivine; Spinel lherzolite; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; OLIVINE; SPINEL LHERZOLITE; XENOLITH;

EID: 0030931746     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.405.09     Document Type: Article

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