Exsolution texture of two-pyroxenes in lherzolite from Baijiangtan ophiolitic mélange, western Junggar, China

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1075-1086

  Zhu, YongFeng ^a   Xu, Xin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Ctr of Rsrc and Environ   (China)

Author keywords

Exsolution; Lherzolite; Ophiolitic m lange; Pyroxene; Western Junggar

Indexed keywords

OLIVINE; SERPENTINE;

CALCULATED VALUES; CLINOPYROXENES; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; EXSOLUTION; LHERZOLITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; PYROXENE; WESTERN JUNGGAR;

SILICATE MINERALS;

BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; EXSOLUTION; LHERZOLITE; MELANGE; OLIVINE; OPHIOLITE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; PYROXENE; SERPENTINE; TEXTURE; UPPER MANTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84978017182     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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