The melting of carbonated pelites from 70 to 700 km depth

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 765-789

  Grassi, Daniele ^a   Schmidt, Max W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkali carbonate melts; Carbonated pelites; Element recycling; EM 2; Mantle metasomatism; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; CRUSTAL RECYCLING; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GARNET; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTIAL MELTING; PELITE; PEROVSKITE; PHASE TRANSITION; SUBDUCTION;

EID: 79953753380     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr002     Document Type: Article

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