Evidence for refilling of previously emptied basaltic pillows in the Hooggenoeg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt

Geological Magazine

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-441

  Robins, Brian ^a   Sandstå, Nils R ^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

Archaean; Barberton; Greenstone belt; pillow lava

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR;

ARCHAEAN; BARBERTON; COARSE-GRAINED; COMPOSITIONAL RANGE; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; GREENSTONE BELTS; PALAEOARCHAEAN; PILLOW LAVAS;

TEXTURES;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; METABASALT; PILLOW LAVA; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE; SPHERULITE; STRATIGRAPHY;

BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 79960361916     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000853     Document Type: Article

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