Type I eclogites from Roberts Victor kimberlites: Products of extensive mantle metasomatism

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6927-6954

  Gréau, Yoann ^a,b   Huang, Jin Xiang ^a,c   Griffin, William L ^a   Renac, Christophe ^d   Alard, Olivier ^a,b   O'reilly, Suzanne Y ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERAL; DIFFERENTIATION; ECLOGITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PROTOLITH; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80054073149     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.035     Document Type: Article

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