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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
Affiliation:
Grant Institute of Geology, Edinburgh University.

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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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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