Fe-rich dunite xenoliths from South African kimberlites: Cumulates from Karoo flood basalts

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1387-1409

  Rehfeldt, Tatjana ^a   Jacob, Dorrit E ^a   Carlson, Richard W ^b   Foley, Stephen F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dunite xenoliths; Fractional crystallization; Karoo; Large igneous province; pMELTS; Re Os; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; DUNITE; FLOOD BASALT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547102776     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm023     Document Type: Article

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