Melting of refractory mantle at 1·5, 2 and 2·5 GPa under anhydrous and H2O-undersaturated conditions: Implications for the petrogenesis of high-Ca boninites and the influence of subduction components on mantle melting

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-283

  Falloon, Trevor J ^a   Danyushevsky, Leonid V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anhydrous melting; H2O undersaturated melting; High Ca boninites; Mantle melting; Olivine liquidus depression

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; MANTLE PROCESS; MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0034144498     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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