Evidence for major-element heterogeneity in the mantle source of abyssal peridotites from the Southwest Indian Ridge (52° to 68°E)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Seyler, Monique ^a   Cannat, Mathilde ^b   Mé vel, Catherine ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Indian ocean; Mantle heterogeneity; Midocean ridge; Peridotite; Petrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345061979     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GC000305     Document Type: Article

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