Global variability in the platinum-group element contents of komatiites

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-112

  Fiorentini, Marco L ^a   Barnes, Stephen J ^b   Maier, Wolfgang D ^a,d   Burnham, O Marcus ^c   Heggie, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Iridium; Komatiite; Late veneer; Mantle differentiation; Mantle plumes; PGE; Platinum

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; EMPLACEMENT; IRIDIUM; KOMATIITE; LITHOFACIES; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; OLIVINE; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SECULAR VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 78650618397     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egq074     Document Type: Article

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