Mineralogical and chemical transformation of Oldoinyo Lengai natrocarbonatites, Tanzania

Lithos

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 191-207

  Zaitsev, Anatoly N ^a,b,c   Keller, Jörg ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alteration; Nahcolite; Natrocarbonatite; Oldoinyo Lengai; Pirssonite; Shortite Calcite; Thermodynamic model

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATITE; FUMAROLE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAVA; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SOLIDIFICATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; OLDOINYO LENGAI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

TRONA;

EID: 33745087259     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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