Subcalcic clinopyroxenites and associated ultramafic xenoliths in alkali basalt near Glen Innes, northeastern New South Wales, Australia

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 272-290

  Wilkinson, J F G ^a   Stolz, A J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI BASALT; CLINOPYROXENE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, GLEN INNES;

EID: 0031413869     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004100050280     Document Type: Article

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