Consequences of recycled carbon in carbonatites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 373-387

  Barker, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Carbonatite; Lithospheric mantle; Metasomatism

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBONATITE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; METASOMATISM;

EID: 0029752438     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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