Mineralogy, textures and P-T relationships of a suite of xenoliths from the Monaro Volcanic Province, New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 739-758

  Roach, Ian C ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern Australia; Geotherm; Monaro; Petrography; Texture; Xenolith

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; TEXTURE; VOLCANIC ROCK; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MONARO RANGE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 2342527177     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egg108     Document Type: Article

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