Mantle redox in Cordilleran ophiolites as a record of oxygen fugacity during partial melting and the lifetime of mantle lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 106-117

  Canil, Dante ^a   Johnston, Stephen T ^a   Mihalynuk, Mitchell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordillera; mantle; melting; ophiolite; oxygen; peridotite; redox

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCKS; MELTING; NICKEL; OLIVINE; OXYGEN; REDOX REACTIONS;

CARBON-FLUID EQUILIBRIA; MANTLE LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE OXYGEN FUGACITY; OPHIOLITE PERIDOTITES; PARTIAL MELTING PROCESS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

FUGACITY; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PROCESS; OPHIOLITE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE;

EID: 33746487520     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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