Origin of phlogopite-orthopyroxene inclusions in chromites from the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Li, Chusi ^a   Ripley, Edward M ^a   Sarkar, Arindam ^a   Shin, Dongbok ^b   Maier, Wolfgang D ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; INCLUSION; ORTHOPYROXENE; PHLOGOPITE;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MERENSKY REEF; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 27244436579     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-005-0013-z     Document Type: Article

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