Magma genesis and mantle heterogeneity in the Manus back-Arc Basin, Papua New Guinea

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 159-195

  Sinton, John M ^a   Ford, Lori L ^a   Chappell, Bruce ^b   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Magma generation; Mantle metasomatism; Manus back arc basin

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; PETROLOGY;

BISMARCK SEA; MANUS BASIN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0037245787     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/44.1.159     Document Type: Article

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