The temporality of anorthosites

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 711-728

  Ashwal, Lewis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Archean; Layered intrusions; Proterozoic; Tectonic setting; Temporality

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; LAYERED INTRUSIONS; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORALITY;

FELDSPAR; MERCURY (METAL); TECTONICS; TEXTURES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANORTHOSITE; ARCHEAN; BATHOLITH; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; LAYERED INTRUSION; LUNAR CRUST; MAFIC ROCK; MERCURY (PLANET); PLAGIOCLASE; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; TEXTURE;

EID: 78549250087     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.4.711     Document Type: Article

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