An experimental study of focused magma transport and basalt-peridotite interactions beneath mid-ocean ridges: Implications for the generation of primitive MORB compositions

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-451

  Lambart, Sarah ^a   Laporte, Didier ^a   Schiano, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Dunite; Focused magma transport; Magma rock interactions; Partial melting; Peridotite; Primitive MORB

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUNITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGMA ASSIMILATION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY;

EID: 60449102437     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-008-0344-7     Document Type: Article

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