Rhönite paragenesis in pyroxenite xenoliths, Mount Sidley volcano, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 639-651

  Grapes, R H ^a   Wysoczanski, R J ^b   Hoskin, P W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Kaersutite; Mount Sidney; Pyroxenite xenoliths; Rhon te; Volcano

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; STABILITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

REACTION PRODUCTS;

MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; PARAGENESIS; PYROXENITE; RHONITE; VOLCANO; XENOLITH;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0141684530     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036740123     Document Type: Article

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