New insights concerning the influence of water during the formation of podiform chromitite

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 349, Issue , 2000, Pages 139-147

  Edwards, Stephen J ^a   Pearce, Julian A ^b   Freeman, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SILICA; SOLUBILITY;

CRYSTAL FRACTIONATION; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; INFLUENCE OF WATER; OCTAHEDRAL SITE PREFERENCE ENERGIES; OCTAHEDRAL SITES; PARTIAL MELTING; SUPRASUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSITION ZONES;

MELTING;

CHROME SPINEL; CHROMITITE; CHROMIUM; FRACTIONATION; ION; PARTIAL MELTING; PERIDOTITE; POLYMERIZATION; REFRACTION; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 80052738449     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2349-3.139     Document Type: Article

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