The depth of the spinel to garnet transition at the peridotite solidus

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 277-284

  Robinson, J Andrew C ^a   Wood, Bernard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Garnet group; Lherzolite; Peridotites; Pyrolite; Spinel

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GARNET; PERIDOTITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

EID: 0032535825     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00213-1     Document Type: Article

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