Comments on 'Mantle melting and melt extraction processes beneath ocean ridges: Evidence from abyssal peridotites' by Yaoling Niu

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1187-1193

  Walter, Michael J ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotite; Mantle melting reactions; Mid ocean ridge basalt

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

EID: 0032829446     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.7.1187     Document Type: Article

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