The geochemical evolution of anorthosite residual magmas in the Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 637-660

  Mitchell, Jeremy N ^a,d   Scoates, James S ^b   Frost, Carol D ^a   Kolker, Allan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Ferrodiorite; Geochemistry; Laramie anorthosite complex; Residual magma

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; FERRODIORITE; GEOCHEMISTRY;

USA, WYOMING, LARAMIE ANORTHOSITE COMPLEX;

EID: 0030456550     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.3.637     Document Type: Article

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