Evidence of water degassing during emplacement and crystallization of 2.7 Ga komatiites from the Agnew-Wiluna greenstone belt, Western Australia

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-155

  Fiorentini, M L ^a   Beresford, S W ^a   Stone, W E ^b   Deloule, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Metals Exploration Division   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archean; Early Earth; Hydromagmatic amphibole; Komatiite; Water degassing

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ARCHEAN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGASSING; EMPLACEMENT; KOMATIITE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL MELTING;

AGNEW-WILUNA BELT; AUSTRALIA; NORSEMAN-WILUNA GREENSTONE BELT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 84862488605     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-012-0730-z     Document Type: Article

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