Origin of spongy textures in clinopyroxene and spinel from mantle xenoliths, Hessian Depression, Germany

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 149-162

  Carpenter, R L ^a   Edgar, A D ^a   Thibault, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INFILTRATION; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; POINT SOURCE; SILICATE MELT; SPINEL; TEXTURE; XENOLITH;

GERMANY;

EID: 0042850437     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100200002     Document Type: Article

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