The origin of spinifex texture in komatiites

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6721, 1999, Pages 691-694

  Shore, Mark ^a   Fowler, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE;

KOMATIITE; TEXTURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLCANO;

EID: 0033602262     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17794     Document Type: Article

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