Myth and reality in the carbonatite - Silicate rock "association"

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 72, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2003, Pages 19-26

  Gittins, John ^a   Harmer, Robin E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Pan Palladium South Africa   (South Africa)

^c Western Cape Regional Office   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbonatite alkalic rock association; Carbonatite genesis; Experimental data; Field relations; Isotopic data

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644228871     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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