The meta-igneous granulite xenoliths from Kerguelen Archipelago: Evidence of a continent nucleation in an oceanic setting

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-283

  Grégoire, Michel ^a   Cottin, Jean Yves ^b   Giret, André ^b   Mattielli, Nadine ^c   Weis, Dominique ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

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EID: 19444371530     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050451     Document Type: Article

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