Melting phase relations of simplified carbonated peridotite at 12-26 gpa in the systems CaO-MgO-SiO2-CO2 and CaO- Mgo-al2O3-SiO2-CO2: Highly calcic magmas in thetransition zone of the Earth

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2265-2291

  Keshav, Shantanu ^a   Gudfinnsson, Gudmundur H ^b   Presnall, Dean C ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ICELAND GEOSURVEY   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Carbonatites; Melting; Peridotite; Solidus

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CARBONATITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MELTING; MINERALIZATION; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PRESSURE EFFECT; TRANSITION ZONE;

EID: 80755169430     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egr048     Document Type: Article

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