Evidence for sulfide and Fe-Ti-P-rich liquid immiscibility in the Duluth Complex, Minnesota

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1052-1062

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Severson, Mark J ^b   Hauck, Steven A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; IMMISCIBILITY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; THOLEIITE;

EID: 0032463896     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.7.1052     Document Type: Article

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