Trace element distribution in calcite-dolomite carbonatites from spitskop: Inferences for differentiation of carbonatite magmas and the origin of carbonates in mantle xenoliths

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 495-510

  Ionov, Dmitri ^a   Harmer, Robin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Council for Geoscience ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbonatites; Inductively coupled plasma methods; Mantle; Mass spectroscopy; Metasomatism; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATITE; DOLOMITE; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOLITH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036284845     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00532-0     Document Type: Article

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