Significance of the concentration gradients associated with dunite bodies in the Josephine and Trinity ophiolites

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Morgan, Zachary ^a   Liang, Yan ^a   Kelemen, Peter ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration gradient; Dunite; Harzburgite; Lherzolite; Melt rock reaction; Reactive dissolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749122088     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC001954     Document Type: Article

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