Emplacement of viscous mushes in the Jinchuan ultramafic intrusion, western China

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-392

  De Waal, Sybrand A ^a   Xu, Zhanghua ^a   Li, Chusi ^b   Mouri, Hassina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Crystal mush; Flow differentiation; Jinchuan; Mafic ultramafic intrusion; Magma emplacement; Magma stratification; Magmatic sulfide

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LITHOLOGY; OXIDATION; ROCKS;

PLANAR FRACTURES; VISCOUS MUSHES;

MINERALOGY;

BASE METAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; JINCHUAN;

EID: 3142676511     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.371     Document Type: Article

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