The geochemistry of tholeiitic and alkalic plutonic suites within the Northland ophiolite, northern New Zealand; magmatism in a back arc basin

Chemical Geology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 213-223

  Thompson, Gary M ^a   Malpas, John ^a   Smith, Ian E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alkalic plutonics; New Zealand; Ophiolite; Tholeiitic plutonics

Indexed keywords

ALKALI IGNEOUS ROCK; BACKARC BASIN; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; OPHIOLITE; THOLEIITE;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, NORTHLAND;

EID: 0031426549     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(97)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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