Peridotite melting at 1·0 and 1·5 GPa: An experimental evaluation of techniques using diamond aggregates and mineral mixes for determination of near-solidus melts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1343-1375

  Falloon, Trevor J ^a,b   Green, David H ^b   Danyushevsky, Leonid V ^a   Faul, Ulrich H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anhydrous peridotite melting; Batch melting; Diamond aggregate entrapment; Dynamic melting; Natural mineral mix; Sandwich experiments

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; LHERZOLITE; MELTING; PERIDOTITE;

EID: 0032713503     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.9.1343     Document Type: Article

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