Experimental melting of carbonated peridotite at 6-10 GPa

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 797-821

  Brey, Gerhard P ^a   Bulatov, Vadim K ^b   Girnis, Andrei V ^c   Lahaye, Yann ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbonatite melt; Element partitioning; Kimberlite; Multianvil; Peridotite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUGACITY; KIMBERLITE; OLIVINE; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; SATURATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 41749123483     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn002     Document Type: Article

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