Do major oxide tectonic discrimination diagrams work? Evaluating new log-ratio and discriminant-analysis-based diagrams with Indian Ocean mafic volcanics and Asian ophiolites

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Sheth, Hetu C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; MAFIC ROCK; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; OXIDE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRANE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 44649099609     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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