Trace element geochemistry of coesite-bearing eclogites from the Roberts Victor kimberlite, Kaapvaal craton

Lithos

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 337-351

  Jacob, D E ^a,c   Schmickler, B ^a,d   Schulze, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archean ocean crust; Coesite; Cumulates; Eclogite xenoliths; Roberts Victor; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999133790     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: 18726143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-4937(03)00120-8     Document Type: Article

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