Late Ordovician island-arc volcanic rocks, northern Capertee Zone, Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-330

  Carr, P F ^a   Fergusson, C L ^a   Pemberton, J W ^a   Colquhoun, G P ^b   Murray, S I ^a   Watkins, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Capertee Zone; Geochemistry; Island arc; Lachlan Fold Belt; Mafic volcanics; Molong volcanic province; New South Wales; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; ORDOVICIAN; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0041346196     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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