A melting model for variably depleted and enriched lherzolite in the plagioclase and spinel stability fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Till, Christy B ^a,b   Grove, Timothy L ^a   Krawczynski, Michael J ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; DECOMPRESSION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELTING; MODELING; PLAGIOCLASE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SPINEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84863111141     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009044     Document Type: Article

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