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Some Aspects of the Alpine-Type Serpentinites of Queensland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. F. G. Wilkinson
J. F. G. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Cambridge, and Department of Geology, New England University, Armidale, N.S.W.
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Abstract

Several aspects of the Queensland serpentinites are discussed, including the significance of a suite of serpentinite-breccias, the formation of antigorite, and the general problem of serpentinization and mode of emplacement of the ultramafic rocks.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , October 1953 , pp. 305 - 321
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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