Petrology and geochemistry of basaltic rocks from the Balleny Is, Antarctica

Rock samples obtained from Sabrina and Sturge Is in the Balleny Group, Antarctica during the 1978 Lewis Expedition are ocean island basanite, verging on hawaiite. A noteworthy geochemical feature is a consistently low Zr/Nb ratio (˜ 3.5) compared with a typical value of 5.8 (range 4.5-6.6) for other...

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Published in:Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Author: Green, T. H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/5de9374c-8542-4730-b460-d18d7941b314
https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099208728053
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