A tale of two arcs : petrogenesis of ultramafic xenoliths sampling the upper mantle wedge beneath the West Bismarck island arc

Peridotite xenoliths transported to the surface in basaltic magma from the upper mantle wedge beneath the West Bismarck island arc, Papua New Guinea, present a rare opportunity to assess the nature of the mantle wedge in an active intra-oceanic island arc. This thesis reports comprehensive new geoch...

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Main Author: Tollan, Peter Michael Edward
Published: Durham University 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620797