Petrology and geochemistry of metamorphosed komatiites and basalts from the Sula Mountains greenstone belt, Sierra Leone

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 86-101

  Rollinson, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002035120     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050470     Document Type: Article

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