Oxidation state of iron in komatiitic melt inclusions indicates hot Archaean mantle

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7215, 2008, Pages 960-963

  Berry, Andrew J ^a   Danyushevsky, Leonid V ^b   O'Neill, Hugh St C ^c   Newville, Matt ^d   Sutton, Stephen R ^d,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; HYDROGEN; IRON;

ARCHEAN; BASALT; IRON; KOMATIITE; MANTLE; MELT INCLUSION; OXIDATION; PERIDOTITE; PETROGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCK; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; KOMATIITES; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS; X RAY ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 54049125031     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07377     Document Type: Article

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