A granite-gabbro complex from Madagascar: Constraints on melting of the lower crust

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-599

  McMillan, Andy ^a   Harris, Nigel B W ^a   Holness, Marian ^b   Ashwal, Lewis ^c   Kelley, Simon ^a   Rambeloson, Roger ^d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRANITE; LOWER CRUST; MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0141484471     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0470-1     Document Type: Article

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