Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of arc picrites and basalts, New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-304

  Schuth, Stephan ^a   Rohrbach, Arno ^a   Münker, Carsten ^a   Ballhaus, Chris ^a   Garbe Schönberg, Dieter ^b   Qopoto, Cromwell ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ISLAND ARC; PETROGENESIS; PICRITE;

MELANESIA; NEW GEORGIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)]; WORLD;

EID: 8644260861     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-004-0604-0     Document Type: Article

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