The applicability of garnet-orthopyroxene geobarometry in mantle xenoliths

Lithos

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Wu, Chun Ming ^a   Zhao, Guochun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Garnet; Geobarometer; Mantle xenolith; Orthopyroxene; Precision

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FACIES ANALYSIS; GARNET; GEOBAROMETRY; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PRECISION; PRESSURE EFFECT; PYROLITE; XENOLITH;

EID: 79958800760     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2011.02.018     Document Type: Review

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