Dawson's Oldoinyo Lengai calciocarbonatite: A magmatic sövite or an extremely altered natrocarbonatite?

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-355

  Gittins, J ^a   Harmer, R E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Altered natrocarbonatite; Calcitization; Oldoinyo Lengai; S vite; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CALCITIZATION; CARBONATITE; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; PETROGENESIS; SOVITE;

TANZANIA, OLDOINYO LENGAI;

EID: 0030833113     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1997.061.406.02     Document Type: Article

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