Carbonatite melt inclusions in coexisting magnetite, apatite and monticellite in Kerimasi calciocarbonatite, Tanzania: Melt evolution and petrogenesis

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-196

  Guzmics, Tibor ^a   Mitchell, Roger H ^b   Szabó, Csaba ^a   Berkesi, Márta ^a   Milke, Ralf ^c   Abart, Rainer ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calciocarbonatite; Carbonatite melt inclusions; Kerimasi; Liquid immiscibility; Natrocarbonatite; Peralkaline silicate melt; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CALCITE; CARBONATITE; FLUID INCLUSION; IMMISCIBILITY; MAGMA; MAGNETITE; MELT INCLUSION; PETROGENESIS; SILICATE MELT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 78651247543     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0525-z     Document Type: Article

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