Sphene and zircon in the Highland Range volcanic sequence (Miocene, southern Nevada, USA): Elemental partitioning, phase relations, and influence on evolution of silicic magma

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 102, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 29-50

  Colombini, Lindy L ^a   Miller, Calvin F ^a   Gualda, Guilherme A R ^a   Wooden, Joseph L ^b   Miller, Jonathan S ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA; MIOCENE; PARTITIONING; PHENOCRYST; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RHYOLITE; SATURATION; TITANITE; ZIRCON;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80355146892     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-011-0177-3     Document Type: Article

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