Toward a thermal model for the Skaergaard liquidus

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 248-251

  Morse, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Augite saturation; Cumulate liquidus; Experimental temperature; Plagioclase cores; Pressure correction; Skaergaard intrusion

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; LIQUID COMPOSITIONS; LIQUIDUS; LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURE; PLAGIOCLASE CORES; PRESSURE CORRECTION; SATURATION POINT; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

FELDSPAR;

AUGITE; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODELING; PLAGIOCLASE; SATURATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 38649111013     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2792     Document Type: Article

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