Petrology and geochemistry of morb and oib in the mid-archean north pole region, pilbara craton, Western Australia: Implications for the composition and temperature of the upper mantle at 3.5 ga

International Geology Review

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 988-1016

  Komiya, Tsuyoshi ^a   Maruyama, Shigenori ^a   Hirata, Takafumi ^a   Yurimoto, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; UPPER MANTLE; VOLCANISM;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0036875879     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.44.11.988     Document Type: Article

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