Ca-rich pyroxene from basic and silicic volcanic rocks from the Cameroon Volcanic Line (West-Africa): Crystal chemistry and petrological relationships

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 73-88

  Salviulo, G ^a,e   Secco, L ^a,e   Marzoli, A ^b,c,f   Piccirillo, E M ^b,f   Nyobe, J B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Institut de Recherches Médicales et d Etudes de Plantes Médicinales   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e Dipto di Mineralogia e Petrologia   (Italy)

^f Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; IGNEOUS ROCK; PETROLOGY; PYROXENE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMEROON; CAMEROON VOLCANIC LINE; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 0012854794     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100070014     Document Type: Article

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