The highly compatible trace element paradox - Fractional crystallization revisited

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 859-890

  O'Hara, M J ^a   Fry, N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Highly compatible elements; In situ crystallization; Integrated crystallization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030483193     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/37.4.859     Document Type: Article

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