Chemical and mineralogical evidence of the occurrence of mantle metasomatism by carbonate-rich melts in an oceanic environment (Santiago Island, Cape Verde)

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-65

  Martins, Sofia ^a,b   Mata, João ^a,b   Munhá, José ^a,b   Mendes, Maria Hermínia ^c   Maerschalk, Claude ^d   Caldeira, Rita ^b,e   Mattielli, Nadine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e INETI Geology Department   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROUS MINERAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAVA; MANTLE STRUCTURE; METASOMATISM; MINERALOGY; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PARTIAL MELTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ILOCOS; LUZON; PANGASINAN; PHILIPPINES; SANTIAGO ISLAND;

EID: 77951295832     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-009-0078-x     Document Type: Article

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