Field occurrence, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Archean Mid-Oceanic Ridge Basalts (AMORBs) of the Cleaverville area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Lithos

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 199-221

  Ohta, H ^a   Maruyama, S ^b   Takahashi, E ^b   Watanabe, Y ^c   Kato, Y ^d  

^a Keio Shonan Fujisawa Junior & Senior High School   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MORB; PETROGENESIS; PLATE BOUNDARY; THOLEIITE;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PILBARA CRATON, CLEAVERVILLE;

EID: 0029751647     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4937(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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