Formation and mineral chemistry of a calcic skarn from Al-Madhiq, SW Saudi Arabia

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-201

  Ahmed, Zulfiqar ^a   Hariri, Mustafa M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GARNET GROUP; MINERALOGY; PYROXENE GROUP; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; SKARN;

AL MADHIQ; AL MADINAH; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33748060556     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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