The role of fractional crystallization and late-stage peralkaline melt segregation in the mineralogical evolution of Cenozoic nephelinites/phonolites from Saghro (SE Morocco)

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-82

  Berger, J ^a,b,c   Ennih, N ^d   Mercier, J C C ^c,e   Liegeois J P ^a   Demaiffe, D ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d CHOUAIB DOUKKALI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Daly gap; Fractional crystallization modelling; Hainite; Mio Pliocene volcanism; Nephelinite; Peralkaline phonolite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; DALY GAP; FRACTIONAL-CRYSTALLIZATION MODELLING; HAINITE; MIO-PLIOCENE VOLCANISM; NEPHELINITE; PERALKALINE PHONOLITE;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; OLIVINE; PARAFFIN WAXES; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

BIMODAL ASSOCIATION; CARBONATITE; CENOZOIC; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CUMULATE; EMPLACEMENT; EVOLUTION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MINERALOGY; NEPHELINITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERALKALINE ROCK; PHONOLITE;

AFRICA; ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70249099259     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2009.073.1.59     Document Type: Article

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