Control of Wall-rock Composition on the Formation of Podiform Chromitites as a Result of Magma/Peridotite Interaction

Resource Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 177-187

  Arai, Shoji ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast spreading oceanic ridge; Harzburgite; Lherzolite; Magma peridotite interaction; Ophiolite; Podiform chromitite; Supra subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HARZBURGITE; LHERZOLITE; MAGMA; MANTLE PROCESS; OPHIOLITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PERIDOTITE; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPWELLING; WALL ROCK;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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