Composition and temperature of komatiite melts from Gorgona Island, Colombia, constrained from olivine-hosted melt inclusions

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1003-1006

  Kamenetsky, Vadim S ^a   Gurenko, Andrey A ^b,c   Kerr, Andrew C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BELONG TO; COLOMBIA; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; FORSTERITES; KOMATIITE; LATE CRETACEOUS; LAVA FLOWS; LIQUIDUS TEMPERATURE; MAGMATIC ORIGIN; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT COMPOSITIONS; MELT INCLUSIONS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; VOLATILE ABUNDANCES; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRETACEOUS; FRACTIONATION; HOST ROCK; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; KOMATIITE; LAVA FLOW; MAGNESIUM; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE SOURCE; MELT INCLUSION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRACE ELEMENT;

COLOMBIA; GORGONA ISLAND; VALLE DEL CAUCA;

EID: 78249249584     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31143.1     Document Type: Article

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