Enriched end-member of primitive MORB melts: Petrology and geochemistry of glasses from Macquarie Island (SW Pacific)

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 411-430

  Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^a   Everard, John L ^b   Crawford, Anthony J ^a   Varne, Rick ^a   Eggins, Stephen M ^c   Lanyon, Ruth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Tasmanian Geological Survey   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Glass; Macquarie Island; Mid ocean ridge basalts; Petrology

Indexed keywords

GLASS; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; PETROLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY;

AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND;

EID: 0034109194     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.3.411     Document Type: Article

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