Melt-peridotite reaction recorded in the chemistry of spinel and melt inclusions in basalt from 43°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 345-352

  Kamenetsky, Vadim ^a   Crawford, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inclusions; Melts; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Peridotites; Petrology; Spinel

Indexed keywords

INCLUSION; MELT INCLUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PERIDOTITE; SPINEL;

EID: 0032535851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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