Geochemistry of the Karamea Batholith, New Zealand and comparisons with the Lachlan Fold Belt granites of SE Australia

Lithos

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Muir, R J ^a,e,f   Weaver, S D ^a   Bradshaw, J D ^a   Eby, G N ^b   Evans, J A ^c   Ireland, T R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devonian; Geochemistry; Gondwana; Granite; Igneous; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; GRANITE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0030433760     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-4937(96)00017-5     Document Type: Review

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