Deformation and reactive melt transport in the mantle lithosphere above a large-scale partial melting domain: The Ronda peridotite Massif, Southern Spain

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1235-1266

  Soustelle, V ^a   Tommasi, A ^a   Bodinier, J L ^a   Garrido, C J ^b   Vauchez, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthenosphere lithosphere boundary; CPO; Deformation; Lithosphere; Melt percolation; Microstructure; Mylonites; Olivine; Partial melting; Peridotite; Refertilization; Transient heating

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; HEAT TRANSFER; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MYLONITE; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERCOLATION; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; PYROXENE; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPINEL; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSPRESSION;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; RONDA MASSIF; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68049083830     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp032     Document Type: Article

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