Flow banding in basaltic pillow lavas from the Early Archean Hooggenoeg Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 579-592

  Robins, Brian ^a   Sandstå, Nils Rune ^b   Furnes, Harald ^a   de Wit, Maarten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archean lava; Barberton greenstone belt; Dean vortices; Flow banding; Hooggenoeg formation; Mingling; Pillow lava

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BASALT; FLOW FIELD; FLOW STRUCTURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LAVA FLOW; PILLOW LAVA; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL ALTERATION;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 77954141855     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0341-3     Document Type: Article

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