1988Annual Review of Earth and Planetary SciencesRequires access

United Plates Of America, The Birth Of A Craton: Early Proterozoic Assembly And Growth Of Laurentia

P. Hoffman

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Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

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Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

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Carbonatites are igneous rocks formed in the crust by fractional crystallization of carbonate-rich parental melts that are mostly mantle derived. They dominantly consist of carbonate minerals such as calcite, dolomite, and ankerite, as well as minor ...Read More

Key concepts: Ankerite, Carbonatite, Geology, Geochemistry, Laurentia, Proterozoic, Baddeleyite, Dolomite

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