High Fe-Ti mafic magmatism and tectonic setting of the Paleoproterozoic Broken Hill Block, NSW, Australia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-84

  Raveggi, Massimo ^a   Giles, David ^b   Foden, John ^b   Raetz, Mike ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolites; Broken Hill Block; Crystal fractionation; Fe Ti enrichment; Mafic magmatism; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ANATEXIS; ENRICHMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GRANULITE; IRON; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MANTLE SOURCE; PARTIAL MELTING; PROTEROZOIC; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; THOLEIITE; TITANIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 34248656749     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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