Regional variations in the mineralogy of metasomatic assemblages in mantle xenoliths from the West Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 945-972

  Shaw, Cliff S J ^a   Eyzaguirre, Jimena ^b   Fryer, Brian ^c   Gagnon, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eifel; Mantle xenoliths; Metasomatism; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METASOMATIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; WORLD;

EID: 18544388217     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi006     Document Type: Article

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