Geological aspects of peridotite and related xenoliths in volcanic rocks: An example from the Japan arcs

Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 133-142

  Arai, Shoji ^a   Hirai, Hisatoshi ^b   Abe, Natsue ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous hydration; Japan arcs; Peridotite; Selective incorporation; Upper mantle; Xenolith sorting; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845314393     PISSN: 1345630X     EISSN: 13497979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/gkk.34.133     Document Type: Article

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