Shoshonites from Agios Nectarios, Lesbos, Greece: Origin by mixing of felsic and mafic magma

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-125

  Pe Piper, Georgia ^a   Matarangas, Dionisis ^b   Reynolds, Peter H ^c   Chatterjee, Amalya K ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromite; Greece; Ignimbrite; Lesbos; Magma mixing; Olivine; Shoshonite

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; FELDSPAR; GLASS; MIXING; OLIVINE; PYRITES; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GREECE; IGNIMBRITES; LESBOS; MAGMA MIXING; SHOSHONITE;

MICA;

CHROMITE; IGNIMBRITE; MAGMA; MIOCENE; OLIVINE; PETROGENESIS; SHOSHONITE; VOLCANISM;

AGIOS NECTARIOS; GREECE; LESBOS;

EID: 0037282207     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0117     Document Type: Article

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