Genesis of the carbonatite-hosted fluorite deposit at Amba Dongar, India: Evidence from fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, and whole rock-mineral geochemistry

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 934-950

  Palmer, David A S ^a   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION;

INDIA, GUJARAT, AMBA DONGAR;

EID: 0030439062     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.5.934     Document Type: Article

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