Petrology of picritic basalts from Kamloops, British Columbia: Primary liquids from a Triassic-Jurassic arc

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 521-541

  Russell, James K ^a   Snyder, Lori D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Island arc; Kamloops Lake; Olivine; Oxygen fugacity; Picrite; Primary magma; Primitive; Redox state of iron; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PETROLOGY; PICRITE; REDOX CONDITIONS;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, KAMLOOPS;

EID: 0031468453     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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