Crustal recycling beneath continental arcs: Silica-rich glass inclusions in ultramafic xenoliths from the Sierra Nevada, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 101-116

  Ducea, Mihai ^a   Saleeby, Jason ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust; Delamination; Glasses; Inclusions; Trachytes; Ultramafics; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CRUST; DELAMINATION; GLASS INCLUSION; XENOLITH;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0031901824     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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