Lithium and its isotopes in tourmaline as indicators of the crystallization process in the San Diego County pegmatites, California, USA

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 905-916

  Maloney, Jennifer S ^a,d   Nabelek, Peter I ^a   Sirbescu, Mona Liza C ^b   Halama, Ralf ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Isotopes; Lithium; Pegmatites; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; LEVEES; LITHIUM;

CALIFORNIA , USA; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; FLUID SATURATIONS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PEGMATITES; SILICATE MELTS; TOURMALINE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ENRICHMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LITHIUM; MELT; PEGMATITE; TEXTURE; TOURMALINE; WALL ROCK;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56849130515     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1823     Document Type: Article

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