The lherzolite-websterite xenolith suite from Northern Patagonia (Argentina): Evidence of mantle-melt reaction processes

Lithos

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 107-120

  Dantas, C ^a,b   Gregoire M ^a   Koester, E ^c   Conceicao R V ^d   Rieck Jr , N ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Lherzolites; Mantle xenoliths; Metasomatism; Patagonia; Trace elements; Websterites

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; METASOMATISM; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58149236743     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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