The evolution of spinel lherzolite xenoliths and the nature of the mantle at Kilbourne Hole, New Mexico

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1139-1157

  Perkins, Dexter ^a   Anthony, Elizabeth Y ^b  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Kilbourne Hole; Mantle; Peridotite; Rio Grande Rift; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LHERZOLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; SPINEL; THERMODYNAMICS; XENOLITH;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80955133952     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0644-1     Document Type: Article

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