In situ origin for glass in mantle xenoliths from southeastern Australia: Insights from trace element compositions of glasses and metasomatic phases

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 97-109

  Yaxley, Gregory M ^a   Kamenetsky, Vadim ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glasses; Metasomatism; South Australia; Trace elements; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

GLASS; METASOMATISM; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033569067     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00196-X     Document Type: Article

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