Trace element abundances in garnets and clinopyroxenes from diamondites - A signature of carbonatitic fluids

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 21-38

  Dobosi, G ^a,b   Kurat, G ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CLINOPYROXENE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMOND; FLUID INCLUSION; GARNET; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 0041991781     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100200030     Document Type: Article

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