The activity of silica in kimberlites, revisited

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-294

  Luth, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING; CLINOPYROXENE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; P-T CONDITIONS; SILICA;

EID: 67649713083     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0383-8     Document Type: Article

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