Carbonatite genesis: A reexamination of the role of intrusion-related pneumatolytic skarn processes in limestone melting

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-338

  Lentz, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EUTECTICS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; LIME; LIMESTONE; MAGNESIA; MASS TRANSFER; MELTING; RARE EARTHS; SILICATES; SOLIDIFICATION;

CARBONATE MELTS; ELEMENTAL MASS; EUTECTIC TEMPERATURE; FLUID COMPOSITION; FORMING SYSTEMS; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; RADIOGENIC ISOTOPES; SOLIDIFIED PRODUCTS;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

CARBONATITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROGENESIS; SKARN;

EID: 84874989397     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0335:CGAROT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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