Cryptic trace-element alteration of Anorthosite, Stillwater complex, Montana

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 559-576

  Czamanske, Gerald K ^a   Loferski, Patricia J ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Anorthosite; Montana; Plagioclase; Stillwater Complex; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; ANORTHOSITE; PLAGIOCLASE; TRACE ELEMENT;

USA, MONTANA, STILLWATER COMPLEX;

EID: 0030302342     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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