The genesis of mantle-derived sapphirine

American Mineralogist

Volumn 97, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 856-863

  Su, Ben Xun ^a   Zhang, Hong Fu ^a   Hu, Yan ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Tang, Yan Jie ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

North China Craton; P T condition; Pyroxenite; Sapphirine

Indexed keywords

BASALT;

BULK COMPOSITIONS; MELT-PERIDOTITE INTERACTION; MINERAL COMPOSITION; NORTH CHINA CRATON; PYROXENITE; SAPPHIRINE; TECTONIC SETTINGS; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

BASALT; CENOZOIC; CLINOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PERIDOTITE; PYROXENE; PYROXENITE; SAPPHIRE; SPINEL; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM; XENOLITH;

EID: 84861364931     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: 19453027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2012.3859     Document Type: Article

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