Geochemistry of mafic and ultramafic xenoliths from Fidra (Southern Uplands, Scotland): Implications for lithospheric processes in Permo-Carboniferous times

Lithos

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 105-124

  Downes, H ^a   Upton, B G J ^b   Handisyde, E ^a   Thirlwall, M F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Granulite; Lherzolite; Lithosphere; Pyroxenite; Scotland; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANULITE; MAFIC ROCK; PERMIAN; PYROXENITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; UNDERPLATING; XENOLITH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034761809     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(01)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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