Emplacement conditions of komatiite magmas from the 3.49 Ga Komati Formation, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 303-323

  Parman, S W ^a   Dann, J C ^b   Grove, T L ^a   De Wit, M J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barberton greenstone belt; Geologic barometry; Geologic thermometry; Komatiite; Partial melting; Phase equilibria; Pyroxene group; Water of crystallization

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; KOMATIITE; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; PARTIAL MELTING;

SOUTH AFRICA, BARBERTON GREENSTONE BELT;

EID: 0031428396     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00104-0     Document Type: Article

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