Coesite and clinopyroxene exsolution lamellae in chromites: In-situ ultrahigh-pressure evidence from podiform chromitites in the Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet

Lithos

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 314-322

  Yamamoto, Shinji ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirose, Kei ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromite; Coesite; Exsolution lamellae; Ophiolite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CHROMITITE; CLINOPYROXENE; COESITE; MANTLE CONVECTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OPHIOLITE; PETROLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 63449125467     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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