Petrogenesis of the ultrapotassic Lincoln Syenite, Maine: Late Silurian-Early Devonian melting of a source region modified by subduction driven metasomatism

American Journal of Science

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 265-310

  West Jr , David P ^a   Tomascak, Paul B ^b   Coish, Raymond A ^a   Yates, Martin G ^c   Reilly, Michael J ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FELDSPAR; DEVONIAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MEGACRYST; MELTING; METASOMATISM; OROGENY; PETROGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; PLAGIOCLASE; POTASSIC ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SILURIAN; SUBDUCTION; SYENITE;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249655567     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/01.2007.08     Document Type: Article

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