A reevaluation of tectonic discrimination diagrams and a new probabilistic approach using large geochemical databases: Moving beyond binary and ternary plots

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Snow, Cameron A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PROBABILITY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 33750519837     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003799     Document Type: Article

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