Infiltration of refractory melts into the lowermost oceanic crust: Evidence from dunite- and gabbro-hosted clinopyroxenes in the Bay of Islands Ophiolite

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-154

  Suhr, G ^a,d   Seck, H A ^a   Shimizu, N ^b   Gunther D ^c,e   Jenner, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0345314779     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050384     Document Type: Article

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