Fe-Ti-Cr oxides from the Permian Xinjie mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion in the Emeishan large igneous province, SW China: Crystallization from Fe- and Ti-rich basaltic magmas

Lithos

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 198-217

  Wang, Christina Yan ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Zhao, Donggao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromite; Fe Ti oxides; Mineral chemistry; Petrogenesis; SW China; Xinjie intrusion

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAYERED INTRUSION; OXIDE; PETROGENESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 41349101110     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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