Advances in our understanding of the gem corundum deposits of the West Pacific continental margins intraplate basaltic fields

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 200-215

  Graham, Ian ^a,b   Sutherland, Lin ^b,c   Zaw, Khin ^d   Nechaev, Victor ^e   Khanchuk, Alexander ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e FAR EAST GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Basalt; Continental margins; Ruby; Sapphire; West Pacific; Zircon

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649109826     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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