Petrogenesis of the Red Mountain pluton, Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming: Implications for the origin of A-type granite

Precambrian Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 243-267

  Anderson, I Carl ^a,b   Frost, Carol D ^a   Frost, B Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b State of Wyoming   (United States)

Author keywords

A type granite; Massif anorthosite; Nd, Sr and Pb isotopes; Proterozoic; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

A-TYPE ROCK; ANORTHOSITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GRANITE; MELTING POINT; PETROLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

RED MOUNTAIN PLUTON; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 0038133433     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00088-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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