Phase relations and melting of anhydrous k-bearing eclogite from 1200 to 1600°C and 3 to 5 GPa

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 771-795

  Spandler, Carl ^a,b   Yaxley, Greg ^a   Green, David H ^a   Rosenthal, Anja ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Experimental petrology; Mafic magmatism; Mantle melting; Oceanic basalts

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; ECLOGITE; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MINERALOGY; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 41749088944     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egm039     Document Type: Article

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