Formation of highly refractory dunite by focused percolation of pyroxenite-derived melt in the Balmuccia peridotite Massif (Italy)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1205-1233

  Mazzucchelli, Maurizio ^a   Rivalenti, Giorgio ^a   Brunelli, Daniele ^a,d   Zanetti, Alberto ^b   Boari, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Balmuccia; Dunite; Focused flow; Pyroxenite melting; Subcontinental mantle

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; DUNITE; FLOW STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PERCOLATION; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67949102213     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn053     Document Type: Article

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