Supercooled rocks: Development and significance of varioles, spherulites, dendrites and spinifex in Archaean volcanic rocks, Abitibi Greenstone belt, Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 311-328

  Fowler, A D ^a   Berger, B ^b   Shore, M ^c   Jones, M I ^a   Ropchan, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaean; Komatiites; Olivine; Spherulites; Spinifex; Varioles

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; KOMATIITE; OLIVINE; SPHERULITE; SUPERCOOLING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOLOGY; KINETICS; ROCK; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VOLCANO;

CANADA;

EID: 0037095309     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00014-1     Document Type: Article

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