Water content of the mantle xenoliths from Kimberley and implications for explaining textural variations in cratonic roots

Geological Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 173-182

  Katayama, Ikuo ^a   Michibayashi, Katsuyoshi ^b   Terao, Ryuji ^a   Ando, Jun Ichi ^a   Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cratonic root; Mantle xenolith; Slip system; Tilt boundary; Water content

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; CRATON; DEFORMATION; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; TEXTURE; WATER CONTENT; XENOLITH;

KIMBERLEY [NORTHERN CAPE]; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952999811     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1216     Document Type: Article

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