Garnet-field melting and late-stage refertilization in 'residual' abyssal peridotites from the Central Indian Ridge

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2305-2338

  Hellebrand, Eric ^a   Snow, Jonathan E ^a   Hoppe, Peter ^a   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abyssal peridotites; Garnet; Mantle melting

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; GARNET; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; TRACE ELEMENT;

CENTRAL INDIAN RIDGE; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0036931130     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/43.12.2305     Document Type: Article

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