Clinopyroxene geobarometry of pyroxenitic xenoliths from Hyblean Plateau (SE Sicily, Italy)

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 521-533

  Nimis, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; SILICATE MINERALS;

GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; PRESSURE CONDITIONS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; TEMPERATURE DATA; VOLUME DETERMINATION;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CLINOPYROXENE; GEOBAROMETRY; PYROXENITE;

ITALY;

EID: 0031725038     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/10/3/0521     Document Type: Article

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