Iron in plagioclase in the Bushveld and Skaergaard intrusions: Implications for iron contents in evolving basic magmas

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 719-730

  Tegner, Christian ^a   Cawthorn, R Grant ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IRON; IRON OXIDE; MAGMA; MAGNETITE; MASS BALANCE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLAGIOCLASE; POLYMERIZATION; SATURATION; THOLEIITE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; SKAERGAARD INTRUSION;

EID: 77952240652     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0450-1     Document Type: Article

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