Petrology of the gabbro and sheeted basaltic intrusives at North Cape, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 389-402

  Hopper, Derek J ^a   Smith, Ian E M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gabbro; North Cape; Northland Ophiolite; Petrology; Sheeted dikes; Sheeted intrusives; Tangihua Volcanics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GABBRO; OPHIOLITE; PALAEOCENE; SHEETED INTRUSION;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, NORTH CAPE;

EID: 0030498409     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514721     Document Type: Article

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