Petrologic evolution of gneissic xenoliths in the Voisey's Bay Intrusion, Labrador, Canada: Mineralogy, reactions, partial melting, and mechanisms of mass transfer

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Mariga, J ^a   Ripley, E M ^a   Li, C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Partial melting; Voisey's Bay Intrusion; Xenoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746538065     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001184     Document Type: Article

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