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The origin of eclogite and ariégite nodules in basalt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. J. O'Hara
M. J. O'Hara
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, Edinburgh University.
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Summary

The origin of eclogite nodules in basalt is reviewed in the light of experimental studies and the conclusion reached that many of them precipitated from basic magma as garnet-pyroxene accumulates at high pressure, although some may represent exsolved clinopyroxenite accumulates.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 106 , Issue 4 , 27 August 1969 , pp. 322 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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