Mantle melting and melt extraction processes beneath ocean ridges: Evidence from abyssal peridotites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1047-1074

  Niu, Yaoling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotites; Mantle melting; Melt extraction; Mid ocean ridges; MORB; Petrogenesis; Ridge dynamics

Indexed keywords

MANTLE PROCESSES; MELT EXTRACTION; MELTING; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS;

EID: 0031467054     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/38.8.1047     Document Type: Article

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