Melt migration in the upper mantle along the Romanche Fracture Zone (Equatorial Atlantic)

Lithos

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 125-149

  Tartarotti, Paola ^a,c   Susini, Sara ^b   Nimis, Paolo ^a   Ottolini, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotite; Magma impregnation; Mantle metasomatism; Romanche fracture zone; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

MAGMA; METASOMATISM; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036333437     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(02)00116-0     Document Type: Article

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