Mid-ocean ridge melting: Constraints from lithospheric xenoliths at Oahu, Hawaii

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-295

  Yang, Huai Jen ^a   Sen, Gautam ^a   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; MORB; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MELTING; MORB; XENOLITH;

USA, HAWAII, OAHU;

EID: 0031863916     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.2.277     Document Type: Article

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