Melting relations of MORB-sediment mélanges in underplated mantle wedge plumes; Implications for the origin of Cordilleran-type batholiths

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1267-1295

  Castro, Antonio ^a   Gerya, Taras ^b,c   García Casco, Antonio ^d   Fernández, Carlos ^a   Díaz Alvarado, Juan ^a   Moreno Ventas, Ignacio ^a   Löw, Irena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cordilleran batholiths; Granodiorite; Melting experiments; M lange; Silicic plumes; Subduction; Tonalite

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; CORDILLERA; GRANODIORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE PLUME; MELANGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TONALITE; UNDERPLATING;

EID: 77954008189     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq019     Document Type: Article

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