Composition of the Siberian cratonic mantle: evidence from Udachnaya peridotite xenoliths

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 128, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 228-246

  Boyd, F R ^a   Pokhilenko, N P ^b   Pearson, D G ^c   Mertzman, S A ^d   Sobolev, N V ^b   Finger, L W ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA;

EID: 0031370871     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050305     Document Type: Article

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