Plateaux ancient and modern: Geochemical and sedimentological perspectives on Archaean oceanic magmatism

Lithos

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 129-142

  Kent, R W ^a,b   Hardarson, B S ^a   Saunders, A D ^b   Storey, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Dansk Lithosfaerecenter   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; MAGMATISM; OCEANIC PLATEAU;

EID: 0029772113     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0024-4937(95)00033-x     Document Type: Article

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