Basement geology from Three Kings Ridge to West Norfolk Ridge, southwest Pacific Ocean: Evidence from petrology, geochemistry and isotopic dating of dredge samples

Marine Geology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 135-162

  Mortimer, N ^a   Herzer, R H ^a   Gans, P B ^b   Parkinson, D L ^b   Seward, D ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Geochronology; New Zealand; Petrology; Southwest Pacific

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC DATING; METAMORPHIC ROCK;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0032125542     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00007-3     Document Type: Article

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