Diversity of mafic rocks in the Ronda peridotite: Evidence for pervasive melt-rock reaction during heating of subcontinental lithosphere by upwelling asthenosphere

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 729-754

  Garrido, Carlos J ^a,b   Bodinier, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Mafic layers; Pyroxenites; Ronda peridotite; Subcontinental lithospheric mantle

Indexed keywords

LAYERED INTRUSION; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE;

BETIC CORDILLERA; RONDA MASSIF; SPAIN;

EID: 0032872501     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.5.729     Document Type: Article

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