Mineralogy from three peralkaline granitic plutons of the Late Permian Emeishan large igneous province (SW China): Evidence for contrasting magmatic conditions of A-type granitoids

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-61

  Shellnutt, J Gregory ^a   Iizura, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

A type granite; Aenigmatite; Ferrorichterite; Oxygen fugacity; Peralkaline; Zr saturation thermometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRANITE; MAGNESIA; MAGNETITE; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

A-TYPE GRANITE; AENIGMATITE; FERRORICHTERITE; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PERALKALINE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

A-TYPE ROCK; AENIGMATITE; AMPHIBOLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUGACITY; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LAYERED INTRUSION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MAGMATISM; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PERALKALINE ROCK; PERMIAN; PLUTON; RICHTERITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 79954526628     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2010/0022-2073     Document Type: Article

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