Proterozoic melting in the northern peridotite Massif, Zabargad Island: Os isotopic evidence

Terra Nova

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Snow, Jonathan E ^a,b   Schmidt, Gerhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC;

RED SEA;

EID: 0033396692     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1999.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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