Basal iherzolites in the Bay of Islands Ophiolite: Origin by detachment-related telescoping of a ridge-parallel melting gradient

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Suhr, Günter ^a,c   Batanova, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LHERZOLITE; MELTING; OPHIOLITE;

CANADA;

EID: 0032468319     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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