Thick sections of layered ultramafic cumulates in the Oman ophiolite revealed by an airborne hyperspectral survey: Petrogenesis and relationship to mantle diapirism

Lithos

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 265-281

  Clénet, Harold ^a   Ceuleneer, Georges ^a   Pinet, Patrick ^a   Abily, Bénédicte ^a   Daydou, Yves ^a   Harris, Esther ^a   Amri, Isma ^a,b   Dantas, Céline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Clinopyroxenite; Ocean crust; Oman ophiolite; Remote sensing; Spectroscopy; Wehrlite

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; DIAPIRISM; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAYERED INTRUSION; MANTLE SOURCE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OPHIOLITE; PETROGENESIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; WEHRLITE;

OMAN;

EID: 73949134445     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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