Clinopyroxene-rich lherzolite xenoliths from Bir Ali, Yemen - Possible product of peridotite/melt reactions

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-142

  Ali, Murad ^a   Arai, Shoji ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bir Ali, Yemen; Clinopyroxene rich lherzolites; Metasomatism; Rifted continental margins; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347335543     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.060826     Document Type: Article

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