Pegmatite genesis: State of the art

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-438

  Simmons, Wm B ^a   Webber, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical quench; Classification; Pegmatite; Pegmatite genesis; Regional zoning; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; MINERALOGY; SILICATES; ZONING;

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; FLUID SATURATIONS; GRANITIC PEGMATITE; MELT POLYMERIZATION; PEGMATITE; PEGMATITE GENESIS; PLATE-TECTONIC MODELS; THERMAL MODELLING;

GRANITE;

ANATEXIS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FLUID INCLUSION; MELT INCLUSION; PEGMATITE; PLUTON; SOURCE ROCK; ZONING;

EID: 52149100754     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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