Partial melting experiments on a MORB-like pyroxenite between 2 and 3 GPa: Constraints on the presence of pyroxenite in basalt source regions from solidus location and melting rate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Pertermann, Maik ^a,b   Hirschmann, Marc M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eclogite melting; MORB petrogenesis; Pyroxenite melting

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PYROXENITE;

EID: 0037929696     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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