FORMATION OF THE EARTH

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G. W. Wetherill · Carnegie Observatories

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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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Mineralogy and Gemology Studies Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Geological and Geochemical Analysis

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Published in: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 205-256

DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ea.18.050190.001225

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FORMATION OF THE EARTH

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