The Wuqbah peridotite, central Oman Ophiolite: Petrological characteristics of the mantle in a fossil overlapping ridge setting

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-56

  Girardeau, Jacques ^a   Monnier, Christophe ^a   Lemée, Laurent ^a   Quatrevaux, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Oman Ophiolite; Overlapping spreading centers; Peridotites; Propagating ridges

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; ROCKS;

RIDGE SETTINGS;

PETROLOGY;

MANTLE; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

OMAN; WUQBAH MASSIF;

EID: 0036926177     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021297614067     Document Type: Article

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