Crystallochemistry and origin of pyroxenes in komatiites

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 599-617

  Bouquain, Sebastien ^a   Arndt, N T ^a   Hellebrand, E ^b   Faure, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

Author keywords

Komatiite; Pigeonite; Pyroxene; Spinifex

Indexed keywords

AUGITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COOLING; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CUMULATE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; MINERALOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PIGEONITE; PYROXENE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; BARBERTON; CANADA; MPUMALANGA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 70349202700     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-009-0399-0     Document Type: Article

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