Experimental phase and melting relations of metapelite in the upper mantle: Implications for the petrogenesis of intraplate magmas

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-589

  Spandler, Carl ^a   Yaxley, Greg ^b   Green, David H ^b   Scott, Dean ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crustal recycling; Experimental petrology; Mantle heterogeneity; Oceanic basalt; Sediment melting

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL RECYCLING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISLAND ARC; MELTING; METAPELITE; PARAGENESIS; PETROGENESIS; PHASE TRANSITION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 77956400325     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0494-2     Document Type: Article

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