Petrology of ultramafic lamprophyres from the Beaver Lake area of Eastern Antarctica and their relation to the breakup of Gondwanaland

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 361-384

  Foley, S F ^a   Andronikov, A V ^b   Melzer, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAMPROPHYRE; MELTING; PERIDOTITE; PETROLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; UPPER MANTLE; WALL ROCK;

ANTARCTICA; BEAVER LAKE [EAST ANTARCTICA]; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0012032734     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007100200011     Document Type: Article

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