U-Pb ages, Sr-Nd- isotope geochemistry, and petrogenesis of kimberlites, kamafugites and phlogopite-picrites of the Alto Paranaíba Igneous Province, Brazil

Chemical Geology

Volumn 353, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-82

  Guarino, Vincenza ^a   Wu, Fu Yuan ^b   Lustrino, Michele ^c   Melluso, Leone ^a   Brotzu, Pietro ^a   Gomes, Celso de Barros ^d   Ruberti, Excelso ^d   Tassinari, Colombo Celso Gaeta ^d   Svisero, Darcy Pedro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Kamafugites; Kimberlites; Phlogopite picrites; Sr Nd perovskite isotopes; U Pb perovskite geochronology

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; HETEROGENEOUS MANTLE; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KAMAFUGITES; KIMBERLITES; PHLOGOPITE-PICRITES;

APATITE; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MAGNETITE; MELTING; MINERALS; OLIVINE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM; TEXTURES; TITANIUM OXIDES; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZEOLITES;

MICA;

AGE DETERMINATION; CLINOPYROXENE; FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; KIMBERLITE; MANTLE SOURCE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; OLIVINE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PHENOCRYST; PHLOGOPITE; PICRITE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ALTO PARANAIBA; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 84883656709     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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