Igneous silicate rocks associated with carbonatites: Their diversity, relative abundances and implications for carbonatite genesis

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 72, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2003, Pages 9-17

  Woolley, Alan R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Carbonatite; Diversity; Igneous silicate rocks; Petrogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347019427     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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