UHP Magma Paragenesis, Garnet Peridotite, and Garnet Clinopyroxenite: An Example from the Dominican Republic

International Geology Review

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-247

  Abbott, Richard N ^a   Draper, Grenville ^b   Keshav, Shantanu ^b,c  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAGENESIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 15844366379     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.47.3.233     Document Type: Article

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