Archean ocean-floor metamorphism in the North Pole area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 167-180

  Terabayashi, Masaru ^a   Masada, Yuki ^a   Ozawa, Hiroaki ^b  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean; Greenstone; Low pressure metamorphism; Metamorphism; North Pole Dome; Ocean floor; Pilbara Craton

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLORITE; EPIDOTE; MINERAL; PLAGIOCLASE; PREHNITE; PUMPELLYITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE; LOW PRESSURE; METAMORPHISM; SEAFLOOR;

AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; OCEANIC REGIONS; ROCK; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH POLE DOME; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0346850673     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00186-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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