Middle Archean ocean ridge hydrothermal metamorphism and alteration recorded in the Cleaverville area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 751-767

  Shibuya, T ^a   Kitajima, K ^a   Komiya, T ^a   Terabayashi, M ^b   Maruyama, S ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archean; Greenstone; High XCO2; Low pressure metamorphism; Ocean floor metamorphism

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; CHERT; GREENSCHIST FACIES; GREENSTONE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; METAMORPHISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548295998     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2007.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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