Carbonatite metasomatism of the oceanic upper mantle: Evidence from clinopyroxenes and glasses in ultramafic xenoliths of Grande Comore, Indian Ocean

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 133-165

  Coltorti, M ^a   Bonadiman, C ^a   Hinton, R W ^b   Siena, F ^a   Upton, B G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Mantle; Metasomatism; Partition coefficients

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CLINOPYROXENE; METASOMATISM; UPPER MANTLE; XENOLITH;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032952027     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.1.133     Document Type: Article

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