Testing the validity of the petrological hypothesis 'no phenocrysts, no post-emplacement differentiation'

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1047-1069

  Latypov, Rais ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compositional trends; Crystallization sequences; Layered intrusions; Liquidus phase equilibria; Mafic sills

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANITE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA; PETROLOGY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PHENOCRYST; SILL; SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 67651174738     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egp031     Document Type: Article

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