The stability of plagioclase in the upper mantle: Subsolidus experiments on fertile and depleted lherzolite

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 229-254

  Borghini, Giulio ^a,b   Fumagalli, Patrizia ^b   Rampone, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lherzolite; Plagioclase peridotites; Plagioclase spinel lherzolite transition; Subsolidus experiments; Upper mantle mineralogy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 77749264341     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp079     Document Type: Article

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