A discussion on how to discriminate A-type granite

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 278-285

  Li, Xiao Wei ^a   Mo, Xuan Xue ^b   Zhao, Zhi Dan ^b   Zhu, Di Cheng ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

A type granite; Discriminating diagram; High temperature granite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870608859     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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