Petrology and mineral chemistry of plutonic igneous xenoliths from the carbonatite volcano, oldoinyo lengai, Tanzania

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 797-826

  Dawson, J B ^a   Smith, J V ^b   Steele, I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ijolite; Jacupirangite; Nepheline syenite; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; IJOLITE; JACUPIRANGITE; SYENITE; VOLCANO; XENOLITH;

TANZANIA, OLDOINYO LENGAI;

EID: 0028869386     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/36.3.797     Document Type: Article

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