Spinel peridotite xenoliths from the al ashaer volcano, syria: A contribution to the elemental composition and thermal state of subcontinental arabian lithosphere

International Geology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-324

  Medaris, L G ^a   Syada, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PERIDOTITE;

EID: 0031853270     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819809465211     Document Type: Article

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