Igneous rocks of the brook street terrane, New Zealand: Implications for permian tectonics of eastern gondwana and magma genesis in modern intra-oceanic volcanic arcs

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-183

  Spandler, Carl ^a   Worden, Kurt ^b   Arculus, Richard ^a   Eggins, Steve ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ankaramite; Brook Street Terrane; Continental crust; Crustal melting; Island arc; Magmatic differentiation; Parent magma

Indexed keywords

PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 20044386932     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515107     Document Type: Article

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