An overview of phase chemistry and magmatic evolution in the cretaceous flood basalt province of northern madagascar

Periodico di Mineralogia

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 175-188

  Melluso, Leone ^a   Morra, Vincenzo ^a   Fedele, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractional crystallization; Geothemobarometry; Madagascan flood basalt province; Mineral and glass chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249173691     PISSN: 03698963     EISSN: 22391002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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