Vesicles in thick komatiite lava flows, Kambalda, Western Australia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-14

  Beresford, S W ^a   Cas, R A F ^a   Lambert, D D ^a   Stone, W E ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kambalda; Komatiite; Lava; Segregation; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

KOMATIITE; LAVA FLOW; VESICLE;

AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0343339914     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.11     Document Type: Article

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