P-T phase relations of silicic, alkaline, aluminous mantle-xenolith glasses under anhydrous and C-O-H fluid-saturated conditions

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1187-1224

  Draper, David S ^a,b   Green, Trevor H ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental petrology; Metasomatism; Phase equilibria; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

METASOMATISM; P/T CONDITIONS; PHASE RELATIONS; XENOLITH;

EID: 0031443014     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.9.1187     Document Type: Article

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