Chromite in the mantle section of the Oman ophiolite: A new genetic model

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 542-550

  Rollinson, Hugh ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Chromite; Mantle; Oman; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; OPHIOLITE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 33845418360     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00482.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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