Characteristics and origin of the glass spherules from the Paleocene flood basalt province of western Greenland

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 815-830

  Robin, Eric ^a   Swinburne, Nicola H M ^b,c   Froget, Laurence ^a   Rocchia, Robert ^a   Gayraud, Jérôme ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS SPHERULE; LAVA FOUNTAIN; PETROLOGY; PICRITE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE;

GREENLAND, NUUSSUAQ;

EID: 0029729253     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00433-5     Document Type: Article

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