Petrogenesis of the mantle sequence of the Jormua Ophiolite (Finland): Melt migration in the upper mantle during Palaeoproterozoic continental break-up

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-329

  Peltonen, Petri ^a   Kontinen, Asko ^a   Huhma, Hannu ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dykes; Mantle; Metasomatism; Ophiolites; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL B REAKUP; MANTLE; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC;

FINLAND;

EID: 0031810281     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.2.297     Document Type: Article

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