Use of principal components analysis in petrology: An example from the Martinsville igneous complex, Virginia, U.S.A.

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 165-184

  Ragland, P C ^a   Conley, J F ^b   Parker, W C ^a   Van Orman, J A ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Division of Mineral Resources   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE SOURCE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLUTONIC ROCK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 1842734181     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01173708     Document Type: Article

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