Origin of anorthosite by textural coarsening: quantitative measurements of a natural sequence of textural development

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1307-1323

  Higgins, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; OSTWALD RIPENING; PETROGENESIS; PLAGIOCLASE;

EID: 0031690272     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/39.7.1307     Document Type: Article

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