Solubility of niobium in the system CaCO3-CaF2 -NaNbO3 at 0.1 GPa pressure: Implications for the crystallization of pyrochlore from carbonatite magma

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Mitchell, Roger H ^a   Kjarsgaard, Bruce A ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PYROCHLORE;

EID: 8644261574     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-004-0603-1     Document Type: Article

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