Mafic volcanic rocks on King Island, Tasmania: Evidence for 579 Ma break-up in east Gondwana

Precambrian Research

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-191

  Meffre, Sebastien ^a   Direen, Nicholas G ^a,b   Crawford, Anthony J ^a   Kamenetsky, Vadim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continental break up; Crustal contamination; Large igneous province; Picrite; Rodinia; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; NEODYMIUM; SAMARIUM;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GONDWANA; MAFIC ROCK; PROTEROZOIC; SUPERCONTINENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; THICKNESS; VOLCANO;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KING ISLAND; TASMANIA; WORLD;

EID: 8144224555     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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