Water-rock interactions, orthopyroxene growth, and Si-enrichment in the mantle: Evidence in xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau, southwestern United States

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-54

  Smith, Douglas ^a   Alexis Riter, J C ^a   Mertzman, Stanley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; Mantle; Orthopyroxene; Water rock interaction; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; ORTHOPYROXENE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; XENOLITH;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344564119     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00251-9     Document Type: Article

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