The Cornubian Batholith: an Example of Magmatic Fractionation on a Crustal Scale

Resource Geology - Tập 56 Số 3 - Trang 203-244 - 2006
B. W. Chappell1, R. Hine2
1ARC Key Centre for the Geochemistry and Metallogeny of the Continents (GEMOC), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia [e‐mail: [email protected]]
26 Withers Place, Weston, ACT 2611, Australia

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