From source to crust: Tracing magmatic evolution in a kimberlite and a melilitite using microsample geochemistry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 80-90

  Malarkey, J ^a   Pearson, D G ^a   Kjarsgaard, B A ^b   Davidson, J P ^a   Nowell, G M ^a   Ottley, C J ^a   Stammer, J ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Kimberlite; Megacrysts; Melilitite; Perovskite; Sr isotopes

Indexed keywords

GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC STUDY; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MEGACRYSTS; MELILITE; MELILITITE; MICROSAMPLING; SOURCE REGION; SOUTH AFRICA; SR ISOTOPES;

CHROMIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; OLIVINE; PEROVSKITE; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

STRONTIUM;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MAGMATISM; MEGACRYST; MELILITITE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77958508072     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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