Calciocarbonatite dykes at Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania: The fate of natrocarbonatite

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 857-876

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calcite carbonatite dykes; Chemical balance; Mineralogy; Natrocarbonatite alteration; Oldoinyo Lengai; Stable isotopes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CALCITE CARBONATITE DYKES; CHEMICAL BALANCE; NATROCARBONATITE ALTERATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

MINERALOGY;

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; FLUORAPATITE; FLUORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; TEXTURE;

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

EID: 33748447473     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.4.857     Document Type: Article

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