Patterns of phosphorus enrichment in alkali feldspar, South Mountain Batholith, Nova Scotia, Canada

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 805-824

  Kontak, Daniel J ^a   Martin, Robert F ^b   Richard, Linda ^c,d  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Minpet Geol Software Logiciel G   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albite; Berlinite substitution; Canada; Degree of Al Si order; K feldspar; Mineralization; Nova Scotia; Peraluminous; Phosphorus; Secondary phosphates; South Mountain batholith

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TIN DEPOSITS;

ALBITE; CANADA; DEGREE OF AL-SI ORDER; K-FELDSPAR; MINERALIZATION; NOVA SCOTIA; PERALUMINOUS; SOUTH MOUNTAIN BATHOLITH;

POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALKALI FELDSPAR; ELEMENT ENRICHMENT; FRACTIONATION; PEGMATITE; PHOSPHORUS;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, SOUTH MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0030475906     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/8/4/0805     Document Type: Article

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