Extrusive carbonatite from the quaternary Rockeskyll complex, West Eifel, Germany

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 389-401

  Riley, Teal R ^a,b   Bailey, D Ken ^b   Lloyd, Felicity E ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoliths; Carbonatite; Eifel; Extrusive; Germany; Melilite; Nephelinite; Sanidine

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DIATREME; EXTRUSIVE ROCK; LAPILLI; MELILITE; QUATERNARY;

GERMANY, EIFEL;

EID: 0029750676     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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