The Chrystalls Beach-Brighton block, southeast Otago, New Zealand: Petrography, geochemistry, and terrane correlation

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 355-372

  Coombs, D S ^a   Landis, C A ^a   Hada, S ^b   Ito, M ^b   Roser, B P ^c   Suzuki, T ^d   Yoshikura, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caples Terrane; Chrystalls Beach Complex; Geochemistry; Murihiku Terrane; Otago Schist; Torlesse Terrane; Waipapa Terrane

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0033786729     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514893     Document Type: Article

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