Pyroxene xenocryst geotherms: Techniques and application

Lithos

Volumn 112, Issue , 2009, Pages 1167-1178

  Grütter, Herman S ^a  

^a BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advective heating; Clinopyroxene; Conductive geotherm; Lithosphere evolution; Orthopyroxene; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; GEOBAROMETRY; GEOTHERMOMETRY; KIMBERLITE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 71749094351     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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