Occurrence of komatiites in the Sandstone greenstone belt, north-central Yilgarn Craton

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 959-963

  Chen, Shefa F ^a   Morris, P A ^a   Pirajno, F ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaean; Komatiites; Sandstone greenstone belt; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 31144442412     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500304240     Document Type: Article

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