Hornblende gabbro block in serpentinite mélange, Peel-Manning Fault System, New South Wales, Australia: Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotopic evidence for mantle-derived, Late Ordovician igneous activity

Journal of Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-230

  Offler, Robin ^a   Shaw, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORNBLENDE; MAGMATISM; MELANGE; ORDOVICIAN; SERPENTINITE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33644972503     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499572     Document Type: Article

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