The origin of large varioles in flow-banded pillow lava from the Hooggenoeg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-377

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

^a NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaean lava; Barberton; Greenstone Belt; Hooggenoeg; Pillow lava; Plagioclase spherulites; Varioles

Indexed keywords

ALBITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GREENSTONE BELT; IMMISCIBILITY; LAVA FLOW; METABASALT; PILLOW LAVA; PLAGIOCLASE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SPHERULITE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 79960107726     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0601-4     Document Type: Article

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