The oldest continental and oceanic plateaus: Geochemistry of basalts and komatiites of the Pilbara Craton, Australia

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 352, Issue , 2001, Pages 359-387

  Arndt, Nicholas ^a,b   Bruzak, Gudrun ^a   Reischmann, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; SILICA; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES;

CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALT; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ELEMENT RATIOS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; MAGMATISMS; ND ISOTOPES; VOLCANIC FORMATION;

GALLIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRATON; CRETACEOUS; FLOOD BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871082166     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2352-3.359     Document Type: Article

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