Formation of cratonic subcontinental lithospheric mantle and complementary komatiite from hybrid plume sources

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 947-960

  Aulbach, Sonja ^a,c   Stachel, Thomas ^a   Heaman, Larry M ^a   Creaser, Robert A ^a   Shirey, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diamond; Eclogite; Opx enrichment; Osmium isotopes; Partial melting; Peridotite; Pyroxenite; Silica enrichment; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRATON; DIAMOND; ECLOGITE; ENRICHMENT; INCLUSION; KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; ORTHOPYROXENE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PLUME; PYROXENITE; SILICA; SUBDUCTION; SULFIDE; XENOLITH;

EID: 79955871838     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0573-4     Document Type: Article

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