Crystallization of podiform chromitites from silicate magmas and the formation of nodular textures

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Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Malpas, John ^a   Robinson, Paul T ^b   Sun, Min ^a   Li, Jian Wei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Magma mingling; Melt rock interaction; Nodular texture; Podiform chromitite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; MANTLE; OPHIOLITE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0010652022     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2001.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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