Fluid and halide melt Inclusions of magmatic origin in the ultramafic and lower banded series, stillwater complex, Montana, USA

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1133-1160

  Hanley, Jacob J ^a   Mungall, J E ^b   Pettke, T ^c   Spooner, E T C ^b   Bray, C J ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Layered intrusion; Pegmatite; Stillwater Complex; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HALIDE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MELT INCLUSION; PEGMATITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; STILLWATER COMPLEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449128127     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn020     Document Type: Article

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