Harzburgite to Iherzolite and back again: Metasomatic processes in ultramafic xenoliths from the Wesselton kimberlite, Kimberley, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 232-250

  Griffin, W L ^a,b   Shee, S R ^c   Ryan, C G ^a   Win, T T ^a   Wyatt, B A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Stockdale Prospecting Ltd   (Australia)

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EID: 24044491321     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050481     Document Type: Article

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