A strontium and neodymium isotopic investigation of the Laramie anorthosites, Wyoming, USA: Implications for magma chamber processes and the evolution of magma conduits in Proterozoic anorthosites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-107

  Scoates, James S ^a,b   Frost, Carol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARAMIE ANORTHOSITE; MAGMA CHAMBER PROCESSES; NEODYMIUM; PROTEROZOIC; STRONTIUM;

USA, WYOMING;

EID: 0029730998     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00368-1     Document Type: Article

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