The dunite bodies, websterite and orthopyroxenite dikes of the Leka ophiolite complex, Norway

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 163-204

  Maaløe, Sven ^a  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONINITE; DIKE; DUNITE; LHERZOLITE; MAGMA; MOHO; OLIVINE; OPHIOLITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARENT BODY; PARTIAL MELTING; THOLEIITE; XENOLITH;

NORWAY;

EID: 29344463429     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-005-0085-5     Document Type: Article

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