Cenozoic volcanism on the Hangai Dome, Central Mongolia: Geochemical evidence for changing melt sources and implications for mechanisms of melting

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1913-1942

  Hunt, A C ^a   Parkinson, I J ^a   Harris, N B W ^a   Barry, T L ^a,c   Rogers, N W ^a   Yondon, M ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cenozoic; Geochemistry; Metasomatism; Mongolia; Pb isotopes; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CENOZOIC; GARNET; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; LHERZOLITE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PHLOGOPITE; VOLCANISM;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84865533166     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egs038     Document Type: Article

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