Macquarie Island: Its geology, structural history, and the timing and tectonic setting of its N-MORB to E-MORB magmatism

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 349, Issue , 2000, Pages 301-320

  Varne, Rick ^a   Brown, Anthony V ^b   Falloon, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEA LEVEL; SILICA; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

DECOMPRESSION MELTING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; MID-OCEANIC-RIDGE BASALTS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; SPREADING RIDGE; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; GEODYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPWELLING;

AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT; MACQUARIE ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND STAR BANK;

EID: 84870994538     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2349-3.301     Document Type: Article

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