Garnet breakdown, symplectite formation and melting in basanite-hosted peridotite xenoliths from zinst (bavaria, bohemian massif)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1691-1723

  Špaček, Petr ^a,b   Ackerman, Lukáš ^c   Habler, Gerlinde ^d   Abart, Rainer ^d   Ulrych, Jaromír ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bohemian Massif; Eger Rift; Garnet; Kelyphite; Lithospheric mantle; Melting; Metasomatism; Symplectite; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

BASANITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GARNET; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; METASOMATISM; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERIDOTITE; SYMPLECTITE; XENOLITH;

BAVARIA; BOHEMIAN MASSIF; EGER; GERMANY; HEVES; HUNGARY;

EID: 84880839181     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egt028     Document Type: Article

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