Calcic amphibole growth and compositions in calc-alkaline magmas: Evidence from the Motru Dike Swarm (Southern Carpathians, Romania)

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-81

  Féménias, Olivier ^a   Mercier, Jean Claude C ^b   Nkono, Collin ^a   Diot, Hervé ^b,c   Berza, Tudor ^d   Tatu, Mihai ^e   Demaiffe, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^d Institutul Geologic al Romaniei   (Romania)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEODYNAMICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Calcalkaline magma; Calcic amphibole; Crystal growth; Crystal structure; Igneous petrology; Magmatic zonation; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRANITE; LEVEES; ZONING;

CALCALKALINE MAGMA; CALCIC AMPHIBOLE; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC ZONATION; MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; THERMOBAROMETRY; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE;

HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

AMPHIBOLE; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; DIKE SWARM; MAGMA CHEMISTRY;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33645212651     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1869     Document Type: Article

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