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Magma Genesis and Mantle Heterogeneity in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Paua New Guinea

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2003

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Sinton, John M
Ford, Lori
Chappell, B
McCulloch, Malcolm

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Oxford University Press

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Geochemical data from back-arc volcanic zones in the Manus Basin are used to define five magma types. Closest to the New Britain arc are medium-K lavas of the island arc. association and back-arc basin basalts (BABB). Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB), BABB

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Keywords: backarc basin; geochemistry; magma; mantle; metasomatism; petrology; Bismarck Sea; Papua New Guinea Magma generation; Mantle metasomatism; Manus back-arc basin

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76353

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Journal of Petrology

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