Depth of formation of subcontinental off-craton peridotites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 620-634

  Ionov, Dmitri A ^a,b   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

continental lithospheric mantle; lithosphere formation; melting depth; partial melting; residual peridotite

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERE FORMATION; MELTING DEPTH; PARTIAL MELTING; RESIDUAL PERIDOTITE;

ALUMINUM; ASIA; CALCIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IRON; MELTING; TECTONICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; FORMATION MECHANISM; IRON; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; PRESSURE EFFECT; RESIDUAL STRESS; XENOLITH;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 34548504801     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.07.036     Document Type: Article

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