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Nixon, Peter H., Coleman, Patrick J. (1978) Garnet-Bearing Lherzolites and Discrete Nodule Suites from the Malaita Alnoite, Solomon Islands, and their Bearing on the Nature and Origin of the Ontong Java Plateau. Exploration Geophysics, 9 (3) 103-107 doi:10.1071/eg978103

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TitleGarnet-Bearing Lherzolites and Discrete Nodule Suites from the Malaita Alnoite, Solomon Islands, and their Bearing on the Nature and Origin of the Ontong Java Plateau
JournalExploration Geophysics
AuthorsNixon, Peter H.Author
Coleman, Patrick J.Author
Year1978 (September)Volume9
Issue3
PublisherInforma UK Limited
DOIdoi:10.1071/eg978103Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceNixon, Peter H., Coleman, Patrick J. (1978) Garnet-Bearing Lherzolites and Discrete Nodule Suites from the Malaita Alnoite, Solomon Islands, and their Bearing on the Nature and Origin of the Ontong Java Plateau. Exploration Geophysics, 9 (3) 103-107 doi:10.1071/eg978103
Plain TextNixon, Peter H., Coleman, Patrick J. (1978) Garnet-Bearing Lherzolites and Discrete Nodule Suites from the Malaita Alnoite, Solomon Islands, and their Bearing on the Nature and Origin of the Ontong Java Plateau. Exploration Geophysics, 9 (3) 103-107 doi:10.1071/eg978103
In(1978, September) Exploration Geophysics Vol. 9 (3) Informa UK Limited

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