Plagioclase peridotites in ocean-continent transitions: Refertilized mantle domains generated by melt stagnation in the shallow mantle lithosphere

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 255-294

  Müntener, Othmar ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^b   Desmurs, Laurent ^c   Pettke, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magma poor margins; Melt rock reaction; Ocean continent transition; Oceanic lithosphere; Ophiolite; Plagioclase peridotite; Refertilization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; ITALY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77749279445     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp087     Document Type: Article

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