Contemporaneous ultramafic and felsic intrusive and extrusive magmatism in the Archaean Boorara Domain, Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia, and its implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 283-304

  Trofimovs, J ^a   Davis, B K ^b   Cas, R A F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RSG Global   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Dacite; Kalgoorlie Terrane; Komatiite; Magma mingling; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DACITE; FELSIC ROCK; KOMATIITE; MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ARCHAEAN; BASALT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL ERA; SEDIMENT; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN GOLDFIELDS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 2442517436     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.12.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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