A fertile harzburgite-garnet lherzolite transition: Possible inferences for the roles of strain and metasomatism in upper mantle peridotites

Lithos

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 553-569

  Dawson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation; Harzburgite; Lherzolite; Metasomatism; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

HARZBURGITE; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE PROCESS; METASOMATISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PORPHYROBLAST;

EID: 17744377396     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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