Comments on “Garnet-bearing spinel harzburgite xenolith from Arato-yama alkali basalt, southwest Japan.” by Yamamoto et al.

Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 190-193

  Abe, Natsue ^a   Arai, Shoji ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Garnet peridotite; Geotherm; Thin section description

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024743686     PISSN: 1345630X     EISSN: 13497979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/gkk.30.190     Document Type: Article

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