Breakdown of orthopyroxene contributing to melt pockets in mantle peridotite xenoliths from the Western Qinling, central China: Constraints from in situ LA-ICP-MS mineral analyses

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 225-247

  Su, Ben Xun ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Yang, Yue Heng ^a   Sakyi, Patrick Asamoah ^b   Ying, Ji Feng ^a   Tang, Yan Jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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EID: 84857447301     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-011-0190-6     Document Type: Article

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