Testing the validity of chrome spinel chemistry as a provenance and petrogenetic indicator

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1027-1030

  Power, M R ^a   Pirrie, D ^a   Andersen, J C O ^a   Wheeler, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chrome spinel; Provenance; Rum

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CHROME-SPINELS; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; DISCRIMINATION DIAGRAM; LAYERED INTRUSIONS; MG CONTENT; PROVENANCE; PROVENANCE STUDIES; TI CONTENT;

ALUMINUM;

CHROME SPINEL; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAYERED INTRUSION; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE;

RUM; SCOTLAND (HIGHLAND); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879883246     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<1027:TTVOCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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