Geochemistry of coexisting depleted and enriched Paringa Basalts, in the 2.7 Ga Kalgoorlie Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: Evidence for a heterogeneous mantle plume event

Precambrian Research

Volumn 174, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 287-309

  Said, Nuru ^a   Kerrich, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assimilation fractional crystalisation; Asthenoshere; Craton; Geochemistry; Heterogeneous mantle plume; Kalgoorlie Terrane

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; COEXISTENCE; CRATON; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; KOMATIITE; MANTLE PLUME;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349947078     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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