Continental ca 1.7-1.69 Ga Fe-rich metatholeiites in the Curnamona Province, Australia: A record of melting of a heterogeneous, subduction-modified lithospheric mantle

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-519

  Rutherford, Lachlan ^a   Barovich, K ^a   Hand, M ^a   Foden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curnamona Province; Geochemistry; Proterozoic; Radiogenic isotopes; Tectonic setting; Tholeiites

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; CURNAMONA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646700497     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090600632466     Document Type: Article

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