Spatial and temporal variations in the geochemistry of komatiites and komatiitic basalts in the Abitibi greenstone belt

Precambrian Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 153-186

  Sproule, R A ^a   Lesher, C M ^a   Ayer, J A ^b   Thurston, P C ^a   Herzberg, C T ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Willet Green Miller Centre   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abitibi greenstone belt; Archean; Komatiite; Plume

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; YTTERBIUM;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME; PETROGENESIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; PLUME; ROCK; STONE ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0037095325     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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