Origin of pyroxenite-peridotite veined mantle by refertilization reactions: Evidence from the Ronda peridotite (Southern Spain)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 999-1025

  Bodinier, Jean Louis ^a   Garrido, Carlos J ^b   Chanefo, Ingrid ^a   Bruguier, Olivier ^a   Gervilla, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Melt rock reaction; Peridotite; Plagioclase; Pyroxenite; Refertilization; Subcontinental mantle; Trace elements; Websterite

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GRANULITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PYROXENITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 42549118693     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn014     Document Type: Article

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