Low-degree partial melting trends recorded in upper mantle minerals

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 537-550

  Schiano, Pierre ^a   Bourdon, Bernard ^a   Clocchiatti, Robert ^b   Massare, Dominique ^b   Varela, Maria E ^b   Bottinga, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Glass; Inclusions; Partial melting; Spinel lherzolite; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

GLASS; LHERZOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0032448468     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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