Rapid diffusive infiltration of sodium into partially molten peridotite

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6769, 2000, Pages 527-530

  Lundstrom, Craig C ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MANTLE; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUID FLOW; GEOLOGY; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

EID: 0034598742     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35000546     Document Type: Article

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