Texture-temperature-geochemistry relationships in the upper mantle as revealed from spinel peridotite xenoliths from Wangqing, NE China

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-493

  Xu, Yigang ^a,b   Menzies, Martin A ^a   Vroon, Pieter ^a   Mercier, Jean Claude ^c   Lin, Chuanyong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Isotope compositions; Peridotite xenoliths; Petrography; Trace element

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; XENOLITH;

CHINA;

EID: 0031823978     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.3.469     Document Type: Article

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