Chemical and isotopic (C, O, Sr, Nd) characteristics of the Xiluvo carbonatite (central-western Mozambique)

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 201-213

  Melluso, L ^a   Censi, P ^b   Perini, G ^c   Vasconcelos, L ^d   Morra, V ^a   Guerreiro, F ^d   Bennio, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRETACEOUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1942501612     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-003-0027-z     Document Type: Article

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