The role of crustal anatexis and mantle-derived magmas in the genesis of synorogenic Hercynian granites of the Livradois area, French massif central

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 581-606

  Solgadi, Fabien ^a,b   Moyen, Jean François ^a,c   Vanderhaeghe, Olivier ^a   Sawyer, Edward W ^a,b   Reisberg, Laurie ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatexis; French Massif Central; Granite; Hercynian; High K ; High Mg magma; Magma; Mantle; Mixing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CRUSTAL MATERIAL; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMA; SUBDUCTION;

MINERALOGY;

ANATEXIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GRANITE; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; OROGENY; PARTIAL MELTING; PORPHYRY; SUBDUCTION; TRACE ELEMENT; XENOTIME;

AUVERGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LIVRADOIS MOUNTAINS; MASSIF CENTRAL; PUY-DE-DOME; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547355791     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.3.581     Document Type: Article

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