Mineral chemistry of spinel peridotite xenoliths from Baengnyeong Island, South Korea, and its implications for the paleogeotherm of the uppermost mantle

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-253

  Choi, Sung Hi ^a,b   Kwon, Sung Tack ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Baengnyeong Island; Paleogeotherm; Post Archean lithospheric mantle; South Korea; Spinel peridotite xenolith

Indexed keywords

MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PERIDOTITE; SPINEL; XENOLITH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 29144528925     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00469.x     Document Type: Review

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