Disrupted peridotites and basalts from the Neoproterozoic Araguaia belt (northern Brazil): Remnants of a poorly evolved oceanic crust?

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-230

  Kotschoubey, Basile ^a   Hieronymus, Bernard ^b   de Albuquerque, Carlos Alberto R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Araguaia belt; Chromite; MORB; Neoproterozoic; Ophiolite; Proto oceanic basin

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHROMITE; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; PROTEROZOIC;

EID: 29744454838     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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