Petrology and geochemistry of eclogite xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau: Implications for the evolution of subducted oceanic crust

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 929-964

  Usui, Tomohiro ^a,c   Nakamura, Eizo ^a   Helmstaedt, Herwart ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado Plateau; Eclogite xenolith; Geochemistry; Subducted oceanic crust

Indexed keywords

ECLOGITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; OCEANIC CRUST; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION; XENOLITH;

COLORADO PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645548853     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egi101     Document Type: Article

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