Refractory magmas in back-arc basin settings-experimental constraints on the petrogenesis of a Lau Basin example

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-277

  Falloon, Trevor J ^a   Green, David H ^b   Jacques, A Lynton ^c   Hawkins, James W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; MAGMA; PETROGENESIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032953271     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petroj/40.2.255     Document Type: Article

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