Chromian spinels in mafic-ultramafic mantle dykes: Evidence for a two-stage melt production during the evolution of the Oman ophiolite

Lithos

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 137-154

  Python, Marie ^a,b   Ceuleneer, Georges ^a   Arai, Shoji ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromian spinel; Dykes; Gabbros; Oman ophiolite; Pyroxenites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIKE; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GABBRO; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE; OPHIOLITE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; SPINEL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

EID: 54449088707     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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