Petrogenesis of highly depleted peridotites and gabbroic rocks from the Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 717-736

  Marchesi, Claudio ^a,b   Garrido, Carlos J ^b   Godard, Marguerite ^c   Proenza, Joaquín A ^d   Gervilla, Fernando ^a,b   Blanco Moreno, Jesús ^e  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Instituto Superior Minero Metalurgico   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33646875305     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-006-0089-0     Document Type: Article

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