Metaluminous pyroxene-bearing granulite xenoliths from the lower continental crust in central Spain: Their role in the genesis of Hercynian I-type granites

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-477

  Villaseca, Carlos ^a   Orejana, David ^a   Paterson, Bruce A ^b   Billstrom, Kjell ^c   Pérez Soba, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central Spain; Granulite xenoliths; Hercynian granites; Igneous petrology; Lower crust; Pyroxene mineral chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS;

CENTRAL SPAIN; CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; GRANULITE XENOLITHS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOWER CRUST; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; WHOLE-ROCK GEOCHEMISTRIES;

GRANITE;

EID: 38049035072     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1746     Document Type: Article

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