Petrogenesis of pyroxenites and melt infiltrations in the ultramafic complex of Beni Bousera, northern Morocco

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1679-1735

  Gysi, Alexander P ^a,b   Jagoutz, Oliver ^c   Schmidt, Maxw ^b   Targuisti, Kamal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Clinopyroxene; Garnet; Mafic; Mantle geochemistry; Metasomatism; Pyroxenites; REE; Refertilization; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMOND; FRACTIONATION; GARNET; HIGH PRESSURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELT INCLUSION; METASOMATISM; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROGENESIS; PSEUDOMORPH; PYROXENITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

BENI BOUSERA; MOROCCO; TANGER-TETOUAN;

EID: 80052218215     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr026     Document Type: Article

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