The composition of melt inclusions in minerals at the garnet-spinel transition zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 375-383

  Schiano, P ^a,b   Clocchiatti, R ^a   Bourdon, B ^a   Burton, K W ^b   Thellier, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Garnet; Garnet lherzolite; Inclusions; Melts; Spinel; Transition zones

Indexed keywords

GARNET; INCLUSION; LHERZOLITE; MELT; PHASE TRANSITION; SPINEL;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0034651117     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00276-9     Document Type: Article

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