Mantle peridotites from the Bouvet Triple Junction Region, South Atlantic

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-203

  Brunelli, D ^a   Cipriani, A ^a   Ottolini, L ^b   Peyve, A ^c   Bonatti, E ^a,d  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038607668     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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