Origin and U-Pb dating of zircon-bearing nepheline syenite xenoliths preserved in basaltic tephra (Massif Central, France)

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-262

  Paquette, Jean Louis ^a   Mergoil Daniel, Juliette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaline volcanism; French Massif Central; Nepheline syenite; U Pb geochronology; Xenolith; Zircon

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; NEPHELINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; SYENITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TEPHRA; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM; XENOLITH; ZIRCON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649678784     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0380-y     Document Type: Article

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