Geochemistry of dike rocks in Dun Mountain Ophiolite, Nelson, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Sano, Sakae ^a   Tazaki, Koichi ^a   Koide, Yoshiyuki ^b   Nagao, Takashi ^c   Watanabe, Teruo ^d   Kawachi, Yosuke ^e  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dun Mountain Ophiolite; Island arc related magmatism; Metabasalt; MORB

Indexed keywords

DYKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; MORB; OPHIOLITE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, NELSON, RED HILLS; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, NELSON, RODING RIVER;

EID: 0031434624     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514747     Document Type: Article

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