La Isla de Gorgona, Colombia: A petrological enigma?

Lithos

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 77-101

  Kerr, Andrew C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombia; Cretaceous; Gorgona; Komatiite; Oceanic plateau

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCK; ISLAND; KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; SUBMARINE PLATEAU;

COLOMBIA; GORGONA ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA; VALLE DEL CAUCA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 23844442769     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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