Mineralogic and bulk rock composition of Italian wollastonite- and melilite-bearing paralava and clinker: Further evidence of their pyrometamorphic nature

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1940-1944

  Melluso, Leone ^a   Conticelli, Sandro ^b   D'Antonio, Massimo ^a   Mirco, Nicoletta P ^c   Saccani, Emilio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Università degli Studi di Ferrara ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; SILICATE MINERALS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; BULK-ROCK COMPOSITION; CHARCOAL PRODUCTION; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DEVOLATILIZATION; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; WOOD COMBUSTION;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

MELILITE; WOLLASTONITE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 30644479304     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.403r     Document Type: Note

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