Fractionation modelling of segregations in the Toomba Basalt, north Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-300

  Stephenson, P J ^a   Zhang, M ^b   Spry, M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basalt; Lava flows; Magmatic segregation; Petrology; Queensland

Indexed keywords

BASALT; FRACTIONATION; LAVA FLOW; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034082865     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00780.x     Document Type: Article

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