Origin of sulfide blebs in variably metasomatized mantle xenoliths, quaternary west eifel volcanic field, Germany

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1453-1463

  Shaw, Cliff S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Mantle metasomatism; Sulfides; West Eifel; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PERIDOTITE; SULPHIDE; XENOLITH;

GERMANY, RHINELAND-PALATINATE, EIFEL;

EID: 0031371218     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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