Precipitation of pyroxenes and Mg2SiO4 from majoritic garnet: Simulation of peridotite exhumation from great depth

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Dobrzhinetskaya, Larissa F ^a   Green II, Harry W ^a,b   Renfro, Alex P ^a   Bozhilov, Krassimir N ^b   Spengler, Dirk ^c   van Roermund, Herman L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPRESSION; EXHUMATION; EXSOLUTION; GARNET; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY;

EID: 12344283030     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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