Clast shape and textural associations in peperite as a guide to hydromagmatic interactions: Upper Permian basaltic and basaltic andesite examples from Kiama, Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-177

  Doyle, M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broughton Formation; Hydromagmatism; Peperite; Sydney Basin

Indexed keywords

CLAST; MAGMA CHAMBER; PEPERITE; PERMIAN; PHREATOMAGMATISM; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034144252     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2000.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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