High-pressure partial melting of mafic lithologies in the mantle

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2407-2422

  Kogiso, T ^a,e   Hirschmann, M M ^b   Pertermann, M ^c,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experimental petrology; Mantle heterogeneity; Partial melting; Phase equilibrium; Pyroxenite

Indexed keywords

MANTLE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PYROXENITE;

EID: 10244264675     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh057     Document Type: Review

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