Seafloor hydrothermal alteration at an Archaean mid-ocean ridge

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 583-599

  Kitajima, K ^a   Maruyama, S ^a   Utsunomiya, S ^b,d   Liou, J G ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaean; Greenstone; Hydrothermal metamorphism alteration; Pilbara craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LOW GRADE METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; P-T CONDITIONS; SEAWATER;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA CRATON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034809401     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0263-4929.2001.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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