Xenoliths evidence for a refractory oceanic mantle percolated by basaltic melts beneath the Kerguelen archipelago

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1085-1100

  Grégoire, Michel ^a,d   Lorand, Jean Pierre ^b   Cottin, Jean Yves ^a   Giret, André ^a   Mattielli, Nadine ^c   Weis, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dunites; Harzburgites; Kerguelen islands; Mantle xenoliths; Mantle melt reactions; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BASALT; CALCIUM OXIDE; HEMATITE; MAGNESIA; MELTING; MICA; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

DUNITES; HARZBURGITES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; MANTLE XENOLITHS; MANTLE/MELT REACTIONS; PARTIAL MELTING;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI BASALTS; MANTLE PROCESSES; PARTIAL MELTING; XENOLITHS;

INDIAN OCEAN, KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

EID: 0031414613     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/9/5/1085     Document Type: Article

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