Ultramafic xenoliths from the Bearpaw Mountains, Montana, USA: Evidence for multiple metasomatic events in the lithospheric mantle beneath the Wyoming craton

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1631-1662

  Downes, Hilary ^a   Macdonald, Ray ^b   Upton, Brian G J ^c   Cox, Keith G ^d   Bodinier, Jean Louis ^e   Mason, Paul R D ^f   James, Dodie ^c   Hill, Peter G ^c   Hearn Jr , B Carter ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulates; Metasomatism; Minette; Montana; Ultramafic xenoliths; Wyoming craton

Indexed keywords

CRATON; LITHOSPHERE; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; XENOLITH;

BEARPAW MOUNTAINS; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3943099911     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh027     Document Type: Article

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