Origin of melt pockets in mantle xenoliths from southern Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-428

  Aliani, Paola ^a   Ntaflos, Theodoros ^b   Bjerg, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphibole breakdown; Mass balance; Melt pockets; Mineral and glass chemistry; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MANTLE SOURCE; MASS BALANCE; MELT INCLUSION; METASOMATISM; NUCLEATION; PERIDOTITE; PETROGENESIS; XENOLITH;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70450224678     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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