Active skarn formation beneath Lascar Volcano, northern Chile: A petrographic and geochemical study of xenoliths in eruption products

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-530

  Matthews, S J ^a   Marquillas, R A ^b   Kemp, A J ^a   Grange, F K ^a   Gardeweg, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chile; Lascar Volcano; Skarn; Yacoraite Formation

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMICAL ZONATION; PROTOLITH; PYROCLASTIC FLOW; SKARN; XENOLITH;

CHILE, LASCAR VOLCANO;

EID: 0030476246     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1314.1996.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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