Anhydrous partial melting of peridotite from 8 to 35 kb and the petrogenesis of morb

Journal of Petrology

Volumn Special_Volume, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 379-414

  Falloon, T J ^a   Green, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84960577151     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/Special_Volume.1.379     Document Type: Article

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