Igneous albitite dikes in orogenic lherzolites, western Pyrénées, France: A possible source for corundum and alkali feldspar xenocrysts in basaltic terranes. II. Geochemical and petrogenetic considerations

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 843-856

  Pin, Christian ^a   Monchoux, Pierre ^a   Paquette, Jean Louis ^a   Azambre, Bernard ^b   Wang, Ru Cheng ^c,d   Martin, Robert F ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corundum; France; Low degree partial melting; Mantle; Megacrysts; Pegmatite; Western Pyr n es; Xenocrysts; Zircon

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; IGNEOUS ALBITITE; MEGACRYSTS; PEGMATITE; XENOCRYSTS;

CORUNDUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERAL RESOURCES; PETROLOGY; ZIRCON;

MINERALOGY;

ALBITITE; CORUNDUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIKE; FELDSPAR; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LHERZOLITE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MINERAL RESOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PEGMATITE; PETROGENESIS; SOLUBILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748454840     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.44.4.843     Document Type: Article

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